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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-2181 (Color)

Commander David McCampbell, USN,
(Commander, Air Group Fifteen)

Poses in the cockpit of his F6F " Hellcat" Fighter, on board USS Essex (CV-9) circa early October 1944.
Note 21 "kills" recorded as of the date of the photograph.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 54KB; 590 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