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Photographic reproduction of a page from "Viewfinder," the squadron newsletter for the 86th Combat Mapping Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces, October 16, 1944. Reports on news during the squadron's time in the Mariana Islands.
Photograph of U.S. Navy pilot David McCampbell in his Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Thirty aerial victories are painted under the cockpit. Image includes a clipping of McCampbell obituary.Inscription on verso: "Comdr David McCampbell / Air Group 15 commander / In Gruman Hellcat. / He shot down 4 more Japs after this picture was taken. / U.S.S. Essex /…