Here is my version of an Early Marine Corps Jenny....
Aircraft number 6545 did not officially exist "On Paper"...She was assembled from spare parts by Marine Expeditionary Forces fighting in Haiti, in 1919, as they developed early Dive Bombing and Close Air Support Tactics in the "Bananna Wars" just after WW1...
She eventually found her way Stateside, and flew training missions at the the Aerial Gunnery School at Parris Island up until the 1930's
Note the mixed-bag of insignia...in WW1 we decided upon a "Roundel" insignia like the French and British, but with American Red as the outer circle....the Marine Emblem on the Fuse sports this early symbol, in faded red white and blue, while the recently repaired/replaced wings have the "current" (1920's) Circle and Star....
Emblematic of the various roles this plane served in the early hard-scrabble days of Flying Marines
Aircraft number 6545 did not officially exist "On Paper"...She was assembled from spare parts by Marine Expeditionary Forces fighting in Haiti, in 1919, as they developed early Dive Bombing and Close Air Support Tactics in the "Bananna Wars" just after WW1...
She eventually found her way Stateside, and flew training missions at the the Aerial Gunnery School at Parris Island up until the 1930's
Note the mixed-bag of insignia...in WW1 we decided upon a "Roundel" insignia like the French and British, but with American Red as the outer circle....the Marine Emblem on the Fuse sports this early symbol, in faded red white and blue, while the recently repaired/replaced wings have the "current" (1920's) Circle and Star....
Emblematic of the various roles this plane served in the early hard-scrabble days of Flying Marines
