Death Rattlers Binding:Hardback and the Navy F2A Buffalo

and the Navy F2A Buffalo

[AuthorName]By Tina Skinner[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Tina Skinner is a professional writer specializing in books on home design

1845-1865[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]450 color & b/w illustrations[/ColorPattern]

is the owner of Limoges Antiques Shop in Andover

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Death Rattlers Binding:Hardback and the Navy F2A BuffaloNearly every World War II fighter squadron that flew in Europe has had its history chronicled. Other than "Pappy" Boyington's famous VMF 214 "Black Sheep", little has been written about Marine Corps squadrons in World War II. The contribution of VMF 223, the "Death Rattlers", over Okinawa in the Spring of 1945 is virtually unknown. In two months there, the squadron became the top scoring unit of any service with 124 1 2 victories and produced 12 aces,