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BuNo. 2531, Lt. Elbert S. McCuskey, VF-42, USS Yorktown (CV-5), May 1942

Elbert Scott McCuskey was born February 8, 1915

in Little Rock, Arkansas, and after attending universities in Alabama and Arkansas, he signed up

for naval aviation training on May 28, 1938. After

successfully undergoing pilot training, he was assigned to VS-41 on the USS Ranger as an Ensign

in October 1939. In July 1941, he was reassigned to

VF-42 on the USS Yorktown, on which he would

serve until July 1942. Then, until June 1943, he

trained young Naval Aviators in the art of flying,

floowing this up with a return to operational flying as a unit commander, first with VF-6, and then,

from March 1944, with VF-8. Both of these units

were flying the Hellcat by then. During his combat career in the Second World War, he gained 13.5

kills. He remained loyal to the Navy after the war,

not retiring until July 1965. He died of a heart attack

on June 15, 1997. With this Wildcat, he shot down

a Zero in the Battle of the Coral Sea. The aircraft

was camouflaged in the same way as the Wildcat

flown by Lt. Edward O’Hare, and even the markings

were similar, with one difference being the application of large American markings on the fuselage

and wings. An interesting facet to this aircraft was

the original markings on the wings being visible

under the new ones.

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October 2022

F4F-3 exhausts PRINT (Brassin)

F4F-3 wheels early (Brassin)

F4F gun barrels PRINT (Brassin)

F4F-3 cockpit w/ reflector gun sight PRINT (Brassin)

F4-3 TFace (Mask)

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