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VMF-451 | Blue Devils - US MILITARIA FORUM VMF-451 was fortunate enough to have Maj Hank Ellis as its first CO An old hand in US Marine Corps aviation, he had previously led VMF-214 for a month in the summer of 1943 and therefore brought operational experience to his new command His exec, Herbert "Trigger" Long, was already an ace after service with VMF-121 and VMF-122 flying F4Fs and
VMF-115 | Joes Jokers | Disney design | 4 insignia VMF-115 | Joe's Jokers Established: Santa Barbara, July 1, 1943 Deployments: Espiritu Emirau, March-December, 1944 (F4U-1D); Leyte Zamboanga, December 1944-war's end (F4U FG-1D) Aerial Combat record: 5 5 victories, no aces Aircraft: F4U-1, F4U- ID, FG-1, FG-ID Date of Insignia: August, 1943 Artist: Walt Disney Studios Type 1 | Silkscreened on leather Design by Walt Disney Studios 1943
VMF-212 | Fighting Squadron 212 | Hell Hounds and Musketeers . . . VMF-212 converted to F4Us in May 1943 just before sailing for Midway Back in the Solomons that August under Hugh Elwood, the unit moved up to Bougainville in October The "Hell Hounds" spent 1944 at various Solomons bases, flying against Rabaul, outlying Bismarck:S bases and supporting US forces on Bougainville
WW2 USMC Purple Heart. 1LT Roy C. Pratt, VMF-223, FG-1D Corsair Pilot . . . VMF-223 flew combat sweeps over Southern Luzon, Lingayen, Cebu, Mindanao, Negros, and other islands in the Philippines From February through April 1945, the squadron flew missions in support of the Army's Operation VICTOR, a series of hard-fought battles aimed at driving the well-fortified Japanese out of the Philippines
VMF-218 | the Hellions - US MILITARIA FORUM VMF-218 ("the Hellions") was organized at Marine Corps Air Station Mojave, California on July 1, 1943 and officially commissioned September 15, 1943 They departed the United States in December 1943 on board the USS Barnes (CVE-20) and arrived at Espiritu Santo on January 5, 1944
VMO-251 VMF-251 - WALIKAS USMC SQUADRON PATCHES - U. S. Militaria Forum VMO-251 VMF-251 Type I | Australian embroidered on wool Millstein cites a letter from Col Roy T Spurlock, USMCR (Ret ), explaining the origin of the Octopus design: "The design consisted of an octopus with a pilot's helmet and goggles with two gold wings on a white cloud background The octo