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Lieutenant Colonel James J Hill
James Hill was born in Chicago in 1920. His training involved flying Stearmans, Buffalo and Wildcats. He arrived in the South Pacific on 5 June 1943 after completing flight school in Pensacola, and joined VMF-214 on 7 August 1943, flying Corsairs. He flew both combat tours with the Black Sheep. On 18 October 1943 on a fighter sweep over Kahili Airfield he shot down a Zero in aerial combat. During his two tours with the Black Sheep he flew a total of 70 combat missions, and also flew a third combat tour with VMF-211 on Green Island. He then flew another combat tour with VMF-521 as a pilot instructor, later joining VMF-324 at Midway. In his career he was awarded 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses and 12 Air Medals.
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Items Signed by Lieutenant Colonel James J Hill |
| The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) Price : £180.00 | Few fighter units in World War II gained the notoriety of Pappy Boyingtons Marine Corps VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron. Equipped with the Chance Vought F4U Corsair, under Boyingtons spirited leadership, the Black Sheep pilots were accorded one of only...... | |
| The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian (B) Price : £170.00 | Few fighter units in World War II gained the notoriety of Pappy Boyingtons Marine Corps VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron. Equipped with the Chance Vought F4U Corsair, under Boyingtons spirited leadership, the Black Sheep pilots were accorded one of only...... | |
| The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian (C) Price : £325.00 | Few fighter units in World War II gained the notoriety of Pappy Boyingtons Marine Corps VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron. Equipped with the Chance Vought F4U Corsair, under Boyingtons spirited leadership, the Black Sheep pilots were accorded one of only...... | |
| The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian (D) Price : £525.00 | Few fighter units in World War II gained the notoriety of Pappy Boyingtons Marine Corps VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron. Equipped with the Chance Vought F4U Corsair, under Boyingtons spirited leadership, the Black Sheep pilots were accorded one of only...... | |
| The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian (E) SOLD OUT | Few fighter units in World War II gained the notoriety of Pappy Boyingtons Marine Corps VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron. Equipped with the Chance Vought F4U Corsair, under Boyingtons spirited leadership, the Black Sheep pilots were accorded one of only...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian. (XX) Price : £140.00 | Few fighter units in World War II gained the notoriety of Pappy Boyingtons Marine Corps VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron. Equipped with the Chance Vought F4U Corsair, under Boyingtons spirited leadership, the Black Sheep pilots were accorded one of onl...... | |
| The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian (Y) SOLD OUT | Few fighter units in World War II gained the notoriety of Pappy Boyingtons Marine Corps VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron. Equipped with the Chance Vought F4U Corsair, under Boyingtons spirited leadership, the Black Sheep pilots were accorded one of only...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Rabaul - Fly For Your Life by Robert Taylor. (AP) Price : £395.00 | For their outstanding contribution to the war in the South Pacific, the Black Sheep were awarded one of only two Presidential Unit Citations accorded to Marine Corps squadrons during the war in the Pacific. With typical mastery, Robert Taylor has br...... | |
| Rabaul - Fly For Your Life by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £275.00 | For their outstanding contribution to the war in the South Pacific, the Black Sheep were awarded one of only two Presidential Unit Citations accorded to Marine Corps squadrons during the war in the Pacific. With typical mastery, Robert Taylor has br...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Lieutenant Colonel James J Hill |
| Corsair Naval Fighter Aviation Art Collectors Pack. Pack Price : £530.00 Saving : £380 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Jolly Rogers by Nicolas Trudgian. Angels of Okinawa by Stan Stokes. The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian (B) Valley Forge Fly-By by Ivan Berryman. | |
Pack 592. Pack of two Black Sheep squadron aviation prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £320.00 Saving : £260 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Rabaul - Fly For Your Life by Robert Taylor. The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian (B) | ||
Pack 593. Pack of two Black Sheep Edition prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £385.00 Saving : £110 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Rabaul - Fly For Your Life by Robert Taylor. (B) The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian (B) | ||
Pack 595. Pack of two Black Sheep Squadron Prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £460.00 Saving : £165 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Rabaul - Fly For Your Life by Robert Taylor. (B) Gunfight Over Rabaul by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) | ||
WW2 Corsair Naval Aviation Prints by Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £450.00 Saving : £320 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Jolly Rogers by Nicolas Trudgian. The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian (B) |
Corsair Aircraft Prints by Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £215.00 Saving : £105 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian (B) Kiwi Strike by Nicolas Trudgian. | ||
Vought F-4 Corsair Aviation Art by Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £260.00 Saving : £170 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Battle for the Islands by Nicolas Trudgian. The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian (B) |
Squadrons for : Lieutenant Colonel James J Hill | ||
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Lieutenant Colonel James J Hill. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
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Country : US Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of VMF-211 | VMF-211 Full profile not yet available. | |
Country : US Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of VMF-214 | VMF-214 Full profile not yet available. | |
Country : US Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of VMF-324 | VMF-324 Full profile not yet available. | |
Country : US Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of VMF-521 | VMF-521 Full profile not yet available. |
Aircraft for : Lieutenant Colonel James J Hill | |||
A list of all aircraft associated with Lieutenant Colonel James J Hill. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | |||
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Manufacturer : Brewster | Buffalo Full profile not yet available. | ||
Manufacturer : Chance-Vought Production Began : 1940 Number Built : 12000 | Corsair The Chance-Vought F4U Corsair was arguably the finest naval aviation fighter of its era. Work on this design dates to 1938 and was headed-up by Voughts Chief Engineer, Rex Biesel. The initial prototype was powered by an 1800-HP Pratt & Whitney double Wasp radial engine. This was the third Vought aircraft to carry the Corsair name. The graceful and highly recognizable gull-wing design of the F4U permitted the aircraft to utilize a 13-foot, three-blade, Hamilton Standard propeller, while not having to lengthen the landing gear. Because of the rigors of carrier landings, this was a very important design consideration. Folding wings were also required for carrier operations. The F4U was thirty feet long, had a wingspan of 41 feet and an empty weight of approximately 7,500 pounds. Another interesting feature was the way the F4Us gear rotated 90 degrees, so it would lay flush within the wing when in the up position. In 1939 the Navy approved the design, and production commenced. The Corsair utilized a new spot welding process on its all aluminum fuselage, giving the aircraft very low drag. To reduce weight, fabric-covered outer wing sections and control surfaces were fitted. In May of 1940 the F4U made its maiden flight. Although a number of small bugs were discovered during early flight tests, the Corsair had exceptional performance characteristics. In October of 1940 the prototype F4U was clocked at 405-MPH in a speed test. The initial production Corsairs received an upgraded 2,000-HP radial giving the bird a top speed of about 425-MPH. The production models also differed from the prototype in having six, wing-mounted, 0.5 caliber machine guns. Another change was a shift of the cockpit about three feet further back in the fuselage. This latter change unfortunately made naval aviators wary of carrier landings with the F4U, due to its limited forward visibility during landings. Other concerns were expressed regarding a severe port wing drop at landing speeds and a tendency of the aircraft to bounce off a carrier deck. As a result, the F4U was initially limited to land-based USMC squadrons. Vought addressed several of these problems, and the Royal Navy deserves credit for perfecting an appropriate landing strategy for the F4U. They found that if the carrier pilot landed the F4U while making a sweeping left turn with the port wing down, that sufficient visibility was available to make a safe landing. With a kill ratio of 11 -to- 1 in WW 11 combat, the F4U proved superior in the air to almost every opposing aircraft it encountered. More than 12,000 F4Us were built and fortunately a few dozen remain in flyable condition to this date. | ||
Production Began : 1934 Retired : 0 Number Built : 10 | Stearman he importance of the Stearman PT-13/PT-17 to the US war effort cannot be overemphasized. Approximately 50% of all US military pilots, who fought in WW II received their initial flight training in this sturdy aircraft. A further 10,000 RAF and Fleet Air Arm pilots used the Stearman trainer for primary training, at British Flying Training Schools throughout the United States, between 1941 and 1944. 8,430 Stearmans were built before manufacturing ended in 1944. No other biplane was ever produced in such numbers. Over 1,000 Stearman trainers remain in flying condition today. The RCAF was supplied with 300 PT-17s in the summer of 1942, to expand its fleet of basic trainers. They served with No. 3 Flying Instructors’ School, Arnprior, Ontario and four Elementary Flying Training Schools, in the Prairies. After about four months they were traded n for Fairchild Cornells, because the open cockpit was found unsuitable for winter training. Many Stearmans are still flying today | ||
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