Lt.(jg) Ira C. Kepford (right) (16 kills) with two other aces of VF-17 after their unit left Centrol Solomons combat zone, March 22, 1944. The other pilots were LCdr. Roger R. Heddrick (9 kills) and LCdr. John T. Blackburn (11 kills)
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