Talk:Neel E. Kearby/@comment-44406090-20191114011307

Col Neel Kearby loading up for his final flight in his P-47 "Fiery Ginger", from Saidor to Wewak March 5th, 1944. Notice that his Japanese flags number 21 at this point. He was credited with his 22nd in the action that followed late in the afternoon. He broke his own cardinal rule of turning low and slow to go around for a second pass at a plane he had crippled and paid the highest price by being shot down and killed wihile hanging from a tree where his chute had left him dangling when it caught in the branches.