Salvage Sailor Posted March 4, 2023 Share #51 Posted March 4, 2023 USS McCAMPBELL (DDG-85) Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer commissioned in 2002 Commissioning Patches (note the XV in red, this does not appear on their operational patches) The record of Carrier Air Group 15 in World War II is astonishing by any measure: it scored 312 enemy aircraft destroyed, 33 probably destroyed, and 65 damaged in aerial combat, plus 348 destroyed, 161 probably destroyed, and 129 damaged in ground attacks. Twenty-six Fighting 15 pilots became aces, including their leader, Commander David McCampbell, who became the U.S. Navy’s “Ace of Aces.” Twenty-one squadron pilots were killed in action and one in an operational accident aboard the carrier Essex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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