VMF-224 Scrap Book
VMF-224 Corsair Photos
   Photos of Squadron Aircraft 
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The above photo is from a collection of photos provided by former squadron member Harold C. Irish and was a part of a series of photos that were taken from a PV-1 photo plane while en-route to Wotje Island.  This series of photographs has been widely used in a variety of publications and several examples are shown below.  
Information about the F4U Corsair
Above-Left: Photo has been used in a variety of ways including official USMC productions.
Above-Right: Photo has been used in "F4U Corsair at War" & "Devil Birds - The Story of Marine Corps Aviation in WWII".  Below-Left: Photo has been used in The History of Marine Corps Aviation in WWII", "F4U Corsair at War", Hell in the
                    Heavens", &  "Devil Birds - The Story of Marine Corps Aviation in WWII". 
Below-Right: Photo has been used in "Corsair" & Vought F4U-1/7". 

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While there were some Marine Corps standards as to the size and location of aircraft numbers during WW-II, many squadrons developed their own numbering configuration. 

Above-Left.  Small block numbers below and back of the cockpit were used on 224's early "Birdcage " F4U's  in mid-1943.

Above-Right.  The bold block numbers located behind the aircraft cowling were unique to VMF-224 in 1944 and part of 1945.

Below-Left.  The large alpha-numeric combination below the cockpit was used at some point after the squadron arrived on Okinawa.  Most likely when the squadron moved from Yontan to Chimu.

Below-Right.  After WW-II, circa 1947 to present day, the large tail letters "WK" identify aircraft belonging to VMF, VMA, VMA(AW) or VMFA(AW)- 224.    


VMF-224 Corsair #234 - Yontan Air Field, Okinawa - 1945.
It appears that the engine cover (#74) was salvaged from another squadrons aircraft.  
F4U-1D Corsair #207 flown by 2nd Lt. Marvin S. Bristow
VMF 224, Okinawa - May, 1945     Courtesy of Mark Styling 
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