From a message after an image copy request, the image can be found here: https://www.popasmoke.com/visions/image.php?source=11409

Thanks very much for the photo release/transmission. I transcribed the caption and contacted one of the people who posted a comment, Mr. Rogers. Have sent this all on to the museum curator.

Appreciate the access to the photo and will certainly give credit where due. I would also like to confirm the identity, rank and unit of the Marine posing in the photo and his photographer. If they are available and interested, I would like to hear from them and discuss a meeting to get their story on the record for the Marine Corps Oral History project.

I would certainly welcome any and all info on this aircraft from anybody who has info or photos, to put on file and eventual display. The aircraft is currently without a tail and under repair due to an accident where a POV crashed through our gate and severed the tail boom. If I secure permission to release photos of the aircraft as it is, I will be more than happy to forward copies to you for posting on your website, and will keep you up to date on her progress.

Thanks again.

Best regards,

Ron Lewis inteltek@pacbell.net
Historian
Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum