Calling Former Marine F4U Drivers

BySteeljawscribe
Vmf215dt Looking for anyone who was part of VMF-215 from 1943-45, aviator, ground-pounder or those who may have flown with VMF-215 in combined or associated operations during that period.  Bryan Bender, a reporter with the Boston Globe, is looking for any of the above to flesh out a story he is working on stemming from earlier work on a returned MIA from that period and which was featured in an earlier Flightdeck Friday.  Feel free to go VFR direct — his contact info as follows:

email: bender@globe.com

Thanks All!
– SJS

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