Post #739499 by Club Nouméa on Tue, Mar 17, 2015 6:57 AM

Bingo! Here's a Vought F4U Corsair from No. 23 Squadron RNZAF:

Kohimarama is a suburb of Auckland; I'm not sure what the significance of No. IX was. You can even buy this plane as a model diecast:

Known as the "Ghost Squadron", No. 23 Squadron RNZAF operated from Guadalcanal in late 1944, flying missions against Japanese bases on Bougainville, where it was later based when the island was captured in 1945.

23 Squadron's badge:

This photo of the Corsair is not actually the one I had in mind. I'm still looking for that other photo, but that should do for now....

Toto, j'ai l'impression que nous ne sommes plus au Kansas !

[ Edited by: Club Nouméa 2015-03-31 21:42 ]