F6F Hellcat -- Minsi 3 is a piece of digital artwork by Robert D Perry which was uploaded on June 26th, 2014.
F6F Hellcat -- Minsi 3
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F6F Hellcat -- Minsi 3
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Robert D Perry
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Digital Art - Digital
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This scene depicts all-time leading U.S. Navy ace David McCampell in his Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat "Minsi III", in an air battle over Leyte Gulf in the Philppines, October 24, 1944.
McCampbell and his wingman, Roy Rushing, encountered a mixed formation of approximately 40 Imperial Japanese Army and Naval aircraft.
McCampbell picked out a straggler at the end of the formation and quickly downed the A6M5 "Zeke" fighter. This would be the first of nine kills for McCampbell in this one battle. A record that still stands to this day. He would end the war 34 aerial victories.
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June 26th, 2014
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Sharyn Winters
Love this depiction, pilots in my family....and a few who flew these during WWII in the Pacific. Well done, and enjoyable.
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