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A man sits in the open cockpit of an airplane. Thirty Japanese flags are pasted to the aircraft.

Navy Cmdr. David McCampbell

Navy Cmdr. David McCampbell in the cockpit of his F6F Hellcat fighter, showing flags denoting 30 Japanese planes he has shot down, while on board USS Essex, Oct. 29, 1944.

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