Cutaway Design Mug of Chance Vought F4U-1D Corsair, No. 29, Flown by Lt. J.G. Ira 'Ike' Kepford, US Navy VF-17, "Jolly Rogers" 1944
This World War II Fighter Cutaway Mug is made in the U.S.A. by the same fine company that produces the beautiful museum quality wood cutaways. On one side, a detailed full color rendering of the aircraft. On the other side, a detailed, extremely accurate cutaway drawing. This beautiful 11 ounce mug is dishwasher and microwave safe.
Chance-Vought wrapped a unique gull-winged airframe around what was then the largest engine available, the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp. The F4U was the first fighter plane to exceed 400 mph in level flight and was in production longer that any other American propeller driven fighter.
The VF-17 or "Jolly Rogers" were a squadron of F4U Corsairs that flew missions in the pacific during World War II. Ira "Ike" Kepford (#29) was the top ace of the "Jolly Rogers" with 16 victories, including one Japanese kamikaze pilot that he shot down just yards before it crashed into the U.S.S. Bunker Hill. For this action Kepford would recieve the Navy Cross Medal, an honor second only to the Congresional Medal of Honor.
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