Major Gregory Boyington, USMCR commanding Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-214, waves while taxiing his F4U Corsair at Torokina. Boyington led the first fighter sweep against Rabaul on December 17, 1943. He was shot down and captured on January 3, 1944. (USNHHC)
Photo and caption featured in Osprey Air Campaign 2 Rabaul 1943-44 Reducing Japan’s great island fortress by Mark Lardas










