Capt Robert Baird was the Marine Corps’ only pure nightfighter ace in World War 2, having scored his kills while serving with VMF(N)-533. He remained in the Marine Corps postwar, and flew the F7F-3N Tigercat in the Korean conflict
Photo and caption featured in Osprey Aircraft of the Aces • 84 American Nightfighter Aces of World War 2 by Andrew Thomas & Warren Thompson











