Show veteran south pacific fighter now sells war bonds in U S 4 10 1 Z IN 4 L proudly wearing he her combat record on the side of her fuselage this veteran of 30 months in the south pacific is is back in the united states state for a well deserved ed rest old 66 was one of the first american Americ jn fighter planes be sh to pacific after aped out to the th pearl harbor and was in the first group to land on Guadal guadalcanal canal ahli oct 10 ws w wo s 1 calved through th co arty of lh conlo air ceic cogmond old GG 66 has a logbook which shows combat missions and combat hours she is credited with shooting down two jap zeros sinking a nip nil destroyer with a direct hit by a pound bomb and destroying four enemy transports carrying vital supplies eer lies to enemy island bases during durin g her bombing missions milion with th the e 6 ath fighter squadron Siu adron in the period from december 1912 to february 1943 when hen american forces were waging a final offensive to clear the japs from the canal old 66 was flown two four an and d even as many as six hours a day for fo r days on end most of her missions were strafing and dive bombing and any soldier aldier or marine who ought fought on the canal will testify to the great job J ob the did to the jap troops and installations old 66 an aira cobra was retired from fr orn combat comb at for a while and used as a rescue plane dropping life rafts to airmen who were downed in the pa P cefic but just before returns returning ng to the states she made a final anis mission sion over and dropped a pound bomb bom b directly on the tobera runway built in buffalo new york by bell aircraft corporation corporal Cor ion old 66 is 1 now being being used to help sell isell AV war ar bonds to b buy u new fighter planes w which aich will go to record the pacific to carry on her glorious |