40th Anniv VJ Day Signed D McCampbell US Navy Ace 34

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40th Anniv VJ Day Signed D McCampbell US Navy Ace 34 15 Aug 85 Jersey 40th Anniversary VJ Day. Flown in Boeing 747 of Cathay Pacific on a flight remembering the 40th Anniversary of VJ Day from Gatwick to Hong Kong Boeing 747 Pilot Captain Robert Wilkinson Personally Signed by the Pilot who flew the covers Captain Robert Wilkinson and by Captain David McCampbell US Navy Ace 34 Victories.David McCampbell became a naval aviator in 1934 but it wasn't until 1944 that he flew combat missions from the carrier USS Essex flying F6F Hellcats. 1st victory was in June of 1944, a Mitsubishi A6M Zeke." A week later he shot down five dive bombers in one sortie plus another two "Zekes" later in the day. During the Battle of Leyte Gulf on October 24th, 1944, McCampbell and one other aircraft attacked a formation of 60 "Zekes" heading for the U.S. fleet. They shot down 15 aircraft between them, nine credited to McCampbell ( a record for a U.S. pilot ) causing the enemy to abandon their attack before they could reach a single ship. "I just kept on shooting, he explained. My wingman went on to take on a total of 40 Japanese fighters". For this action McCampbell was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Roosevelt on October 1st, 1945. The day after the Leyte Gulf action he was target co-ordinator for a massed air attack on the Northern Japanese Force read more

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