Photo #:80-G-K-2179 (Color) Commander David McCampbell, USN, (Commander, Air Group Fifteen) Poses in the cockpit of his F6F "Hellcat" on board USS Essex (CV-9), circa early October 1944. Note 21 "kills" marked on the plane, the number credited to Cdr. McCampbell as of this time. Note: In a letter written in 1982, McCampbell said that the photographer was Joe Rosenthal. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 58KB; 520 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