Escape from Cape Moem

L/E of 950
S/N by the Artist and Pilot 1st Lt. Robert M. DeHaven.
Image Size: 23" x 17"
Paper Size: 30" x 22"

Plane Type: P-40 Warhawk

Pacific ace Lt. Bob DeHaven watches anxiously over his shoulder as the wingman of the morally wounded Ki-43 "Oscar" tries to maneuver for an advantage on the P-40 Warhawk. With a list of air combat victories that reached 14, Robert M. DeHaven was perhaps the greatest P-40 combat pilot. DeHaven's victory number eight, which he scored over the Japanese airfields of Wewak-Boram in northern New Guinea, was believed to be against Japanese ace Capt. Shigeo Nango, Executive Officer of the 59th Sentai, who was one of the most outstanding Japanese pilots in the theater with 15 victories.

PLANE JUNKIE - Escape from Cape Moem by Jack Fellows (P-40 Warhawk)