RE: Pics of Pappy Boyington's Corsair?
This info is according to Bruce Gamble's book "Black Sheep". I don't agree with some of the things said about Pappy (and I told Mr. Gamble that when I met him), but it is a great source of information. He doesn't have the Bu#'s from the first tour but here's the ones from the second. As far as I know they were all the 3 tone blue scheme:
17735
17735
17395
17395
17452
17792
17792
17395
17395
17910
17910
17527
17527
17527
17527
17485
17485
17395
17395
17395
17395
17744
17744 4 kills
17883
17883 1 kill the famous #1 picture (my avatar)
17883
17915
17915 1 probable
17915
17915
17915
02723 old "Bird Cage" model
17883
17915
17915 3 kills shot down