Aeronautical map showing the Piva Yoke runway location on Bougainville Island Island 0A

 Aeronautical map showing the runway location on Efate Island 0A

 Aeronautical map showing the runway location on Espiritu Santo Island Island 0A

 Aircrew USMC 2nd Lt HS Huidekoper from VMF-213 next to a old VMF-216 F4U-1 Corsair White 82 Munda 1943 01

 Aircrew USMC 2nd Lt HS Huidekoper from VMF-213 next to a old VMF-216 F4U-1 Corsair White 82 Munda 1943 02

 Aircrew VMF-216 George Dooley, Jim Kennedy, Ray Gambon and Claude Hone March 1945 01

 Artwork USMC VMF-216 Bulldogs 0A

 Douglas SBD Dauntless also where stationed at Torokina strip Bougainville 10th Dec 1943 01

 Seabees maintaining the Marston mat runway at Torokina strip Bougainville 10th Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsairs VMF-216 lined up at Cape Torokina Bougainville 17th Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsairs VMF-216 White 114 parked at Cape Torokina Bougainville 17th Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsairs VMF-216 White 31 parked at Cape Torokina Bougainville 1944 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsairs VMF-216 White 39 and 123 parked at Cape Torokina Bougainville 17th Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsairs VMF-216 White 53 and 76 parked at Cape Torokina Bougainville 17th Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsairs VMF-216 White 53 Maj Morrell CO right at Cape Torokina Bougainville 17th Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsairs VMF-216 White 53 Maj Morrell CO right at Cape Torokina Bougainville 17th Dec 1943 02

 Vought F4U-1A Corsairs VMF-216 White 53 Maj Morrell CO right at Cape Torokina Bougainville 17th Dec 1943 03

 Vought F4U-1A Corsairs VMF-216 White 54 taking off at Cape Torokina Bougainville Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsairs VMF-216 White 84 and 10 parked at Cape Torokina Bougainville 17th Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsairs VMF-216 White 87 parked at Cape Torokina Bougainville 17th Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-214 White 795 BuNo 17795 transferred from VMF-214 Piva Yoke Bougainville 1944 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-215 White 31 at Torokina Bougainville Solomon Islands 10th Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 W25 17736 with wounded Robert Marshall Torokina Bougainville 19th Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 W25 17736 with wounded Robert Marshall Torokina Bougainville 19th Dec 1943 02

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 W25 17736 with wounded Robert Marshall Torokina Bougainville 19th Dec 1943 03

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 W25 17736 with wounded Robert Marshall Torokina Bougainville 19th Dec 1943 04

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 W25 17736 with wounded Robert Marshall Torokina Bougainville 19th Dec 1943 05

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 123 taxing on Marsden matting Torokina Airstrip Bougainville Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 16 landing mishap at Cape Torokina 10th Jan 1944 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 16 landing mishap at Cape Torokina 10th Jan 1944 02

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 16 landing mishap at Cape Torokina 10th Jan 1944 03

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 16 landing mishap at Cape Torokina 10th Jan 1944 04

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 16 parked at Cape Torokina 10th Jan 1944 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 16 taking off from Cape Torokina 10th Jan 1944 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 25 Torokina Bougainville 10th Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 57 and 117 Torokina Bougainville 10th Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 62 and White 10 Torokina Bougainville 10th Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 62 and White 10 Torokina Bougainville 10th Dec 1943 02

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 735 BuNo 17735 transferred from VMF-214 Piva Yoke Bougainville Feb Mar 1944 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 735 BuNo 17735 transferred from VMF-214 Piva Yoke Bougainville Feb Mar 1944 02

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 82 USN Bureau No 17818 Cape Torokina Bougainville 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 82 USN Bureau No 17818 Cape Torokina Bougainville 1943 02

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 84, 25 and 54 Torokina Bougainville 10th Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1A Corsair VMF-216 White 909 BuNo 17709 taxing Piva Yoke Bougainville 17 Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1 Corsairs VMF-216 White 117 parked at Cape Torokina Bougainville 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1 Corsairs VMF-216 White 25 scrapped at Cape Torokina Bougainville Dec 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1 Corsairs VMF-216 White 57 parked at Cape Torokina Bougainville 1943 01

 Vought F4U-1D Corsair VMF-216 114 aboard USS Wasp 17th Feb 1945 01

 Vought F4U-1D Corsair VMF-216 133 aboard USS Wasp 17th Feb 1945 01

 Vought F4U-1D Corsair VMF-216 136 aboard USS Wasp 17th Feb 1945 01

 Vought F4U-1D Corsair VMF-216 makes belly landing on USS Wasp CV-18 Chichi Jima 18th Feb 1945 01

 Vought F4U-1D Corsair VMF-216 White 121 landing mishap USS Wasp 17th Feb 1945 01

 Vought F4U-1D Corsair VMF-216 White 121 landing mishap USS Wasp 17th Feb 1945 02

 Vought F4U Corsairs from VMF-216 and Hellcats from VF-33 aircraft prepare for a raid on Rabaul Bougainville 17th Dec 1943 02

 Vought F4U Corsairs from VMF-216 made up of 32 aircraft prepare for a raid on Rabaul Bougainville 17th Dec 1943 01

 WWII artwork used in aviation publications 0A

 WWII artwork used in The Aviation Magazine August 1944 0A

Photographic Information

 Vought F4U 1A Corsairs VMF 216 White 61 Munda Airfield New Georgia Solomon Islands Sep 1943 NA603

Photo: (U.S. Air Force Number A79883AC)

Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: NAID: 204986121 Local ID: 342-FH-3A43796-A79883AC

IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover - COD/CLOD skins No 3d model at this stage!
IL2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles (FB), Ace Expansion Pack (AEP), Pacific Fighters (PF), 1946 skins
 

The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II

Chronology of the USN in WWII
  1939   1940   1941   1942   1943   1944   1945

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    Web References: +

  • History of RAF Organisation: http://www.rafweb.org
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