Photo #: 80-G-373673 Commander David McCampbell, USN, (Commander, Air Group Fifteen) In the cockpit of his F6F "Hellcat" fighter on board USS Essex (CV-9), 30 October 1944. The Japanese flags represent his thirty "kills" by that date, nine of which were made in one action on 24 October 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 91KB; 580 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Image Posted 3 December 2008
Edited and reposted 2 October 2009