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[Members of 319th Fighter Squadron on USS Ranger]

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Identifier2009-08-26_image_009SourceThe Robert L. Baseler Fighter Ace Collection (2009-08-26), Box 1, Folder 1CreatorUnited States. Army Air ForcesDescriptionPhotographic group portrait of members of the 319th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Group, U.S. 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."Creation Datecirca 1943SubjectUnited States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 325thUnited States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 319thUnited States. Army Air ForcesBaseler, Robert L., 1911-1983Air pilots, MilitaryAces (Fighter pilots)Airplanes, MilitaryWorld War, 1939-1945Curtiss P-40 Warhawk FamilyRanger (Aircraft carrier : CV-4)Original Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Robert L. Baseler Fighter Ace Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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