Aboard the USS Essex, U.S. Navy personnel work on a Grumman F6F Hellcat’s R-2800 in late 1944. This partictular Hellcat, nicknamed “Minsi II” was flown by David McCampbell. (Naval History and Heritage Command)
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Aboard the USS Essex, U.S. Navy personnel work on a Grumman F6F Hellcat’s R-2800 in late 1944. This partictular Hellcat, nicknamed “Minsi II” was flown by David McCampbell. (Naval History and Heritage Command)