Kadet Posted December 10, 2017 Share #1 Posted December 10, 2017 This group was literally pulled from a garbage bag recently. I always shudder to think how much history goes in the trash every year. The owner was a 7 victory Corsair ace with VMF 215. His log book is fascinating, especially the entries for his victories. The witnesses annotated include several other VMF 215 aces, and a MoH awardee. I believe the smaller square maps were used in the cockpit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KASTAUFFER Posted December 10, 2017 Share #8 Posted December 10, 2017 WOW! very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberwolf Posted December 10, 2017 Share #9 Posted December 10, 2017 Very cool! French passport? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted December 10, 2017 Share #10 Posted December 10, 2017 Great save, Sent from my XT1031 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadet Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share #11 Posted December 10, 2017 Very cool! French passport? Yes, he was French by birth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted December 10, 2017 Share #12 Posted December 10, 2017 Sad that it could have been gone for good. Great that it wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadet Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share #13 Posted December 10, 2017 Thanks. It is tough to read, but one of the victory witnesses was Robert M. Hanson, another VMF-215 ace and MoH awardee. Spears is another name annotated, and he was an ace as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
268th C.A. Posted December 10, 2017 Share #14 Posted December 10, 2017 Would it not be amazing to have a post titiled "Rescued from the Dumpster!" How about it? There are some amazing stories out there. I know I have a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted December 10, 2017 Share #15 Posted December 10, 2017 W0W! great save! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK Posted December 11, 2017 Share #16 Posted December 11, 2017 Very, very nice! That's a great save that would bring a very pretty penny on the market! Thanks for sharing! JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted December 11, 2017 Share #17 Posted December 11, 2017 Great find. Is the logbook water damaged? Is that why the ink is smeared? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadet Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share #18 Posted December 11, 2017 Yes, unfortunately it is a bit water damaged. The group was found in the attic of an abandoned house that was being cleaned out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieony Posted December 12, 2017 Share #19 Posted December 12, 2017 A great save of a historic group...congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted December 12, 2017 Share #20 Posted December 12, 2017 Unbelievable!! Love the logbook, even with the water damage. They seem to be very very tough to find on the open market these days. This is a nice one! As for the save..........so seriously, did you know it was in the trash and get it out? How the heck did that whole thing go down?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captainofthe7th Posted December 12, 2017 Share #21 Posted December 12, 2017 Very nice save - any mention of James Neefus? If I recall he helped to organize VMF-215. I'd be interested in seeing any material related to him. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted December 14, 2017 Share #22 Posted December 14, 2017 I do have logbooks in my collection that are similarly water logged. I just wonder if the damage occurred during the war in the SW Pacific? Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 14, 2017 Share #23 Posted December 14, 2017 I do have logbooks in my collection that are similarly water logged. I just wonder if the damage occurred during the war in the SW Pacific? Kurt Just a thought...could it be from the extreme humidity? I had several WW2 era documents with ink inscriptions that began to run/disappear when I had them on display when I was stationed in the western Pacific. The humidity was excessive where we were, and I know it was far, far worse on some of the islands our forces operated on during WW2 (and they didn't have air conditioning to mitigate it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted December 14, 2017 Share #24 Posted December 14, 2017 An historic find. Too bad we can't comb the dump in the USA. Imagine what you would find. I used to be an archeologist in my spare time so digging through garbage no matter how old it is fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted December 14, 2017 Share #25 Posted December 14, 2017 I forgot: An old friend of mine was a carrier Corsair pilot. He told me that they would launch with their canopy pulled back open because it was so hot out. Those little maps would be on a small table that would pop out. If it wasn't fastened closed properly it would pop out during take off due to the catapult jolt. More than once he saw maps fly out of a cockpit during take off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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