In the cockpit of his Hellcat fighter plane, Navy Capt. David McCampbell was a one-man war machine. During seven months of service in the Pacific during World War II, McCampbell took out 34 airborne ...
Farm boy Dick Bong’s top score of 33 Jap planes was almost broken in 95 minutes of furious fighting during the second battle of the Philippines, when Commander David McCampbell, piloting a Hellcat, ...
From the cockpit of his Hellcat fighter plane, David McCampbell delivered maximum damage to Japanese forces, destroying more enemy planes than any other American pilot in a single tour of duty. On ...