Kodachrome of Sammie Marie's L-4J Flight
Very happy to go retro in postprocessing of this living artifact that served in the Pacific Theatre of World War II - including over the Ryukyu Islands which some 70 years later are once again controversial to the point of requiring airpower. Now about the Piper L-4J which according to www.ruudleeuw.com/usa14-hff.htm, Historic Flight’s Piper L-4J was delivered to the US Army Air Force on June 8th 1945 as S/N 45-4955. The brand new L-4 was sent straight to the Pacific Theater where it served on the Philippine and Ryukyu Islands.
After VJ Day, 45-4955 remained in the Pacific until 1947, where it was decommissioned on the Island of Okinawa and joined the civilian world as NC68935.
Here's a photo from my album of Historic Flight Foundation's Vintage Aircraft Weekend Saturday. Please check the album - you never know if I've dropped another batch of images into the album.
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com
Kodachrome of Sammie Marie's L-4J Flight
Very happy to go retro in postprocessing of this living artifact that served in the Pacific Theatre of World War II - including over the Ryukyu Islands which some 70 years later are once again controversial to the point of requiring airpower. Now about the Piper L-4J which according to www.ruudleeuw.com/usa14-hff.htm, Historic Flight’s Piper L-4J was delivered to the US Army Air Force on June 8th 1945 as S/N 45-4955. The brand new L-4 was sent straight to the Pacific Theater where it served on the Philippine and Ryukyu Islands.
After VJ Day, 45-4955 remained in the Pacific until 1947, where it was decommissioned on the Island of Okinawa and joined the civilian world as NC68935.
Here's a photo from my album of Historic Flight Foundation's Vintage Aircraft Weekend Saturday. Please check the album - you never know if I've dropped another batch of images into the album.
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com