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A Roger Conant
| Lieutenant Colonel A Roger Conant (deceased) Enlisting in the U.S. Navy, Roger Conant received his wings as a Marine pilot in 1942. Assigned to VMF 215 he flew the Chance Vought F4U Corsair on well over 100 combat missions, mostly in the air battles over Rabaul and the Solomon Islands where he downed a total of 6 Japanese Mitsubishi Zeros. He was on his return to the Pacific theater as a night fighter pilot on the day war ended. Later he served again in Korea. Retiring from the Marine Corps as a Lt. Col., he then began work as a test pilot for Douglas Aircraft (McDonnell Douglas, now Boeing). Roger Conant USMC(R) passed away on March 10, 2007. |
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Clipped Signature - Roger Conant. A Marine pilot, he flew the F4U Corsair with VMF-215 on over 100 missions in the Pacific, scoring 6 victories to become an Ace. He later served in the Korean War, then became a test pilot for Douglas Aircraft. He died in 2007. |
Gunfight Over Rabaul by Nicolas Trudgian Nicolas Trudgians action packed painting shows an attack on Rabaul during the fall of 1943. B-24 Liberators of the Army Air Force pound the harbor and docks below whilst the Marines Corps pilots of VMF 214 - the famous Black Sheep Squadron - provide top cover in their F4U Corsairs. A fierce dog-fight has developed between the F4U pilots and Japanese Zeros. One Zero, already smoking, begins to roll out of control, while the two F4U pilots turn their attentions on to a second. Below further dog-fights are in progress, the air filled with aerial combat. |
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