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Enlargement of
2nd Lt. Kenneth C. Sparks
with a P-38 Lightning parked at
14 Mile Drome (Schwimmer)
near
Port Moresby
This photograph was used in press release "Nine Jap Planes Each is Score of Two Fifth Air Force Fliers" released
March 30, 1943
. The plane is possibly
P-38G Lightning 42-12715
where a U.S. Army Signal Corps photographer on
January 20, 1943
took pictures of 39th Fighter Squadron (39th FS) fighter pilots including Sparks. On March 3, 1943 during the
Battle of the Bismarck Sea
this plane went Missing In Action (MIA).
Credit: U.S. Army Signal Corps Date: March 1943
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