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Captain David McCampbell (January 16, 1910 – June 30, 1996) was a United States Navy captain, naval aviator, and a Medal of Honor recipient. He retired from the navy in 1964 with 31 years of service.
Oct 24, 2022 · Navy Capt. David McCampbell wasn't just the top naval ace of World War II — he's considered the service's all-time leader in aerial combat.
Dec 13, 2021 · David McCampbell was an American WWII flying ace who holds a number of impressive achievements. Not only is he the top F6F Hellcat ace, but he is also the US Navy’s highest-scoring ace and the highest-scoring American ace to survive the war.
An inspiring leader, fighting boldly in the face of terrific odds, Comdr. McCampbell led his fighter planes against a force of 80 Japanese carrier-based aircraft bearing down on our fleet on 19 June 1944.
David McCampbell graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1933. He was the Navy's top ACE of the war with 34 victories, and a record 9 kills in a single...
- January 16, 1910
- June 30, 1996
May 2, 2014 · Hellcat pilot David McCampbell used his gunnery skills to achieve “ace in a day” status twice, earning the Medal of Honor and ultimately becoming the U.S. Navy’s ace of aces. At 0950 hours on October 24, 1944, radar scopes in the combat information center high in the island of the carrier USS Essex flickered with the ghostly green returns ...
Seated in Minsi III, his F6F-5 Hellcat fighter, a smiling Commander David McCampbell gives a thumbs-up in a photograph taken between his famous Marianas and Leyte Gulf fights. McCampbell scored 34 aerial victories, a U.S. Navy record, during only five months of combat.
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