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The business of scoring the victories of his air squadron operating in the South Pacific has become a large-scale operation for L. W. Jordon, United Slates aviation machinist's mate. He paints small flags on the Scoreboard with stencil and a paint spray. The squadron s total of "kills" when the photograph was taken ivas 154 planes shot down. The squadron, led by Lieut.-Commander J. T. Blackburn, U.S.N., is known as "Blackburn's Irregulars."

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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 87, 13 April 1944, Page 6

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The business of scoring the victories of his air squadron operating in the South Pacific has become a large-scale operation for L. W. Jordon, United Slates aviation machinist's mate. He paints small flags on the Scoreboard with stencil and a paint spray. The squadron s total of "kills" when the photograph was taken ivas 154 planes shot down. The squadron, led by Lieut.-Commander J. T. Blackburn, U.S.N., is known as "Blackburn's Irregulars." Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 87, 13 April 1944, Page 6

The business of scoring the victories of his air squadron operating in the South Pacific has become a large-scale operation for L. W. Jordon, United Slates aviation machinist's mate. He paints small flags on the Scoreboard with stencil and a paint spray. The squadron s total of "kills" when the photograph was taken ivas 154 planes shot down. The squadron, led by Lieut.-Commander J. T. Blackburn, U.S.N., is known as "Blackburn's Irregulars." Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 87, 13 April 1944, Page 6