Action Over Salamaua

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L/E of 199 Giclee Prints
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Image Size: 23" x 18"
Paper Size: 28" x 24"

Plane Type: American Bell P-39D Airacobra

On 30 April 1942, during the running fight after a low-level strafing mission over Salamaua, New Guinea, Major George B. Greene Jr., commander of the 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group of the 5th USAAF, piloted a P-39D and was the first American Bell Airacobra pilot to score an aerial victory over an enemy fighter. Greene, in the foreground engaged and downed Flight Petty Officer Hideo Izumi, a nine-victory ace. Fighter ace Boyd "Buzz" Wagner, 5th Fighter Command, shown in the background also scored aerial victories against Zeros of the famed Tainan Kokutai during this mission.

ACTION OVER SALAMAUA by Jack Fellows (Bell P-39D Airacobra)@ Dare to Move