Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series HA8215 F4U-1 Corsair No. 15 James N. Cupp, VMF-213, 1943.
In
September 1942 James Cupp joined VMF-213 “Hellhawks” based in Hawaii and
transferred to Espiritu
Santo arriving on March 1, 1943. Their Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats were replaced
with Chance Vought F4U
Corsairs.
July 15, 1943 Cupp scored two victories and three days later became an Ace. His
official total is 12 confirmed kills. Cupp had his wife’s name “Daphne C” painted on the aircraft. On
September 20, 1943 Cupp was shot down and severely burned spending a year and a half in
hospital. Cupp retired from the USMC in 1968.
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