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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art World War Two Veteran Signatures United States F  Fortner, Leslie |
[UP] - Fetzer, John - Fiedler, Arthur - Finn, John - Fisher, Marshall - Fitch, John - Fladland, Clint - Fletcher, James - Foard, William - Ford, G - Forster, Joseph - Fortner, Leslie - Foss, Joseph - Fox, Edward - Fredrickson, Harry - Freeman, William - Freitas, Albert - Frision, Frank - Frolking, James - Furlow, T |
Commander Leslie Fortner USMC
Joining the Navy in 1943, Les Fortner joined VC-88 flying Wildcats off the escort carrier USS Hoggatt Bay in the south west Pacific Theater. In early 1945 he flew in support of the landings at Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Lingayen, destroying several Japanese aircraft on the ground. Les flew over 100 combat missions during the war, and in April 1945 he shot down a Kamikazi 'Nick' off Kerama Rhetto near Okinawa.
| Commander Leslie Fortner USMC - Signed Aviation Art |
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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. |
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