[Members of 319th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Group, on deck of USS Ranger]

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Title

[Members of 319th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Group, on deck of USS Ranger]

Description

Photographic group portrait of members of the 319th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Group, United States Army Air Forces, on the deck of the USS Ranger (CV-4), circa 1943. Several Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft are visible behind them. Fighter ace Robert L. Baseler is in the middle row, eighth from the left.

Inscription on verso: "From the Col. Robert Lee Baseler Collection. 319th Squadron of the 325th F.G. on the USS Ranger. The 317th & 318th Squadrons were the first to take off from the USS Ranger on January 19, 1943 and the 319th was last. Destination was the Cazes Airdrome at Casablanca. The squadron (319th) commander was Maj. Robert Lee Baseler. He is 8th from the left in the middle row."

Date

1943 circa

Bibliographic Citation

The Robert L. Baseler Fighter Ace Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2009-08-26_image_009_01
2009-08-26_image_009_02