Keywords: Air Force personnel & equipment. The Pacific, England, Wash. DC. 1942-44 (mostly 1943) - NARA - 292571.jpg Scope and content One of the U S Army Air Force Aces is Captain Robert L Faurot of Cape Girardeau Mo who has shot down two Japanese Zeros New Guinea General notes Capt Robert L Faurot served with the 39th Fighter Squadron and was shot down by Japanese A6M fighters during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea on 3 March 1943 292571 Local identifier Department of Defense Department of the Army Fort Leavenworth Kansas 09/18/1947 - NARA's Central Plains Region Kansas City NREA 400 West Pershing Road Kansas City MO 64108 1943-01-20 Record group Record Group 338 Records of U S Army Operational Tactical and Support Organizations World War II and Thereafter 1917 - 1999 Record group ARC 651 Ft Leavenworth Signal Corps Photograph Collection Equipment File compiled 1939 - 1965 Series ARC 292562 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NRE-338-FTL EF -2700 2 Other versions <gallery> File Air_Force_personnel_ amp _equipment _The_Pacific _England _Wash _DC _1942-44_ mostly_1943 _-_NARA_-_292571 tif tif File Air_Force_personnel_ amp _equipment _The_Pacific _England _Wash _DC _1942-44_ mostly_1943 _-_NARA_-_292571 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Battle of the Bismarck Sea Lockheed P-38 Lightning Nose art on P-38 United States Air Force officers New Guinea campaign |