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On 30 April 1942, after a low-level
strafing mission over Salamaua, New Guinea, Major George B. Greene
Jr., commander of the 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group,
becomes the first American Bell Airacobra pilot to score an aerial
victory over an enemy fighter. Greene, in the foreground engaged
and downed Flight Petty Officer Hideo Izumi, a nine-victory ace.
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