John F. Bolt USMC Top Gun!
Black Sheep Sweep © Troy White
Available as a signed & numbered limited edition print. Overall print size: 22" x 28".
Each print co-signed by Two-War Ace Lt. Col. John F. "Jack" Bolt!
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In Black Sheep Sweep we see Lt. John Bolt and Maj. Henry Miller of VMF-214 as they begin a dive in their F4U Corsairs onto a formation of Japanese Zekes. The action took place over Saint George’s Channel on December 23, 1943. In the ensuing air battle Lt. Bolt shot down two Zekes and Maj. Miller accounted for one. This Fighter sweep was flown in conjunction with a bomber strike on the Japanese forces at Rabaul and netted the Black Sheep Squadron a total of 11 Zekes and 2 Tonys. The two Zekes claimed by Lt. Bolt that day raised his total to five confirmed victories. His final score for WWII was six. Bolt went on the fly in the Korean War where he added six MiGs to his tally making him the only Marine Jet Ace and the Navy's only Two-War Ace. John Bolt passed away on September 8, 2004 after a battle with Leukaemia.
Lt. John Bolt with VMF 214 in late1943, a page from his log book showing his first two kills and as an exchange pilot with the 51st FIW in July of 1953.
Above left: F4U-1A 17875 was photographed standing on its nose at Bougainville on December 20, 1943. Three days later Lt. Bolt used this aircraft to make ace when he shot down two Zekes over Rabaul. At centre is F4U-1 17451 at Munda airstrip on New Georgia. Bolt flew this a/c on a search up the slot on October 11,1943. On the right are two Black Sheep F4U-1As in close formation over Espiritu Santo in early 1944.
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