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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art World War Two Squadrons United States 509th Fighter Squadron to VMF-451  VMF-121 |
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| VMF-121 Aviation Art Prints, Paintings and Drawings |
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Holding the Tide by Richard Taylor. On 7 August 1942, just eight months after the dramatic events at Pearl Harbor, the United States First Marine Division stormed ashore on the island of Guadalcanal. It was the opening gambit of the land war in the Pacific. The painting depicts Captain Joe Foss as he leads the F4F Wildcats of VMF-121 back to Henderson Field after a day of desperate fighting against the Japanese in the skies over the steaming jungles of Guadalcanal in November 1942 - it would be another three months before the island was finally secured during which time Joe Foss would achieve an astonishing 26 victories to become the first American pilot to equal WW1 Ace Eddie Rickenbackers score. |
| Aces for : VMF-121 | ||
| A list of all Aces from our database who are known to have flown with this squadron. A profile page is available by clicking the pilots name. | ||
| Name | Victories | Info |
| Joseph Jacob Foss | 26.00 | The signature of Joseph Jacob Foss features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Robert Bruce Porter | 7.00 | The signature of Robert Bruce Porter features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Robert M Baker | 7.00 | |
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