The photos include 2 showing Lt. Koenig in the water just after launch
from the USS Shangri-La. The engine quit on his F4U and he was
fortunate to get out alive.
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Got his wings March 1944 at Pensacola |
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Here's a group of photos from the Casa Grande, Arizona crop dusting business... this
flying is not for the faint of heart! Virgil told me the
attrition was 125%... all 4 planes crashed once and one of them twice!
The photos include him, his dusting planes and airfield. After a
while he became a Piper salesman too.
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