Lee Cook concludes his study of Harry ‘Dirty Eddie’ March in the Pacific, where the aviator became an ace, joined the renowned VF-17 ‘Skull and Crossbones’ Corsair squadron and endured fierce combat over the Japanese stronghold at Rabaul

Former university pentathlon champion Harry March earned his fighter pilot ‘wings’ with the US Navy in 1941 and was soon sent to the Pacific theatre of operations (see March FlyPast).