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F-4J, BuNo 157293 is credited with a shootdown of a North Vietnamese Air Force (NVAF) MiG-21, June 19, 1972 while assigned to VF-31 aboard USS Saratoga, hence the kill marking on the left inlet ramp. HOWEVER: "This aircraft is credited by some with shooting down MiG-21 on June 21, 1972, piloted by Cdr Samuel Flynn and Lt William John. However, Cdr Flynn says that he was flying the F-4J now at the NASM-Dulles when the kill was scored and that his kill markings were transferred to 157293 when he was assigned that plane. 157293 now on display at Texas Air Museum, Caprock Chapter, Slaton, TX." See: wpalette.com/en/planes/34162

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Charles Lindbergh in a Boeing F3B-1, BuNo A-7739, VB-2B, USS Saratoga, February 1929.

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A neat picture of Jimmy Thach, a close friend of our family. He was in VP-5F with my father in the late '30s in Panama. W.K. Berner Jr.

Here is film of Thach and Butch O'Hare at Kaneohe, which was likely captured contemporaneously with this photo on April 10, 1942 (note the identical kill markings and smudge marks underneath the canopy sill above and on the Wildcat that Thatch boards in the film). YouTube - Critical Past: US Navy Lt.Edward O'Hare and LCDR John Thach, of VF-3, prepare for flight at Kaneohe www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5sx4wks6vU also: www.criticalpast.com/video/65675061850_United-States-Navy... Further, here is additional film of Thach (in the F4F Wildcat marked "F1", F4F-3, BuNo 3976) and O'Hare (in the aircraft marked "F13", F4F-3, BuNo 3986) flying over Oahu, including Kaneohe (likely filmed as part of the same effort as the photo and footage above): YouTube - CriticalPast: US Navy Lt. Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare and LCDR John S. Thach, in flight over Hawaii www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKD7i6PgKa8