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IVL+*1, which are recommended for fur ther reading.IN MEMORIUM
Fiery Ginger IV’s
recovered vertical
stabilizer is displayed
next to a P-47D
bearing its full livery at
the National Museum
of the U.S. Air Force.LASTING LEGACY
After Kearby’s death,
the 348th upheld his
aggressive tradition
in the Pacific.