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Old 29th August 2023, 17:02
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Re: Ensign Duncan transfers from USS West Virginia Sep.1941

Hi Mac. I don't think there's a lack of interest but most of us don't have the expertise to contribute on this subject. But Navy and AAF operated closely especially in the Pacific.
Case in point. This is the 73rd Bomb Wing "HQ" on Saipan from Aug. 1944 and named for Cdr. R H Isely ( his name often spelt wrong both then and now) killed in a TBM on a pre-invasion mission to Aslito airfield as it was then on 13 June; VT-16 "Lexington".
There is a Memorial plaque to him at Saipan International Airport.


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Nick
73BW photo.



isely-field by Nicholas King, on Flickr
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