Photo #: 80-G-11103 Machinist Donald E. Runyon, USN, of Fighting Squadron Six (VF-6) On board USS Enterprise (CV-6), 10 September 1942, during the Guadalcanal campaign. He is standing by the tail of his F4F-4 (Bureau # 5193, VF-6's # 13), which is decorated with a "tombstone" containing 41 "meatballs", each representing a Japanese plane claimed by the squadron. Runyon was one of the leading F4F "Aces", credited with shooting down 8 Japanese aircraft while flying "Wildcats". Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 99KB; 625 x 675 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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18 January 2001