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80-G-469324 USS HORNET (CV-12)

USS HORNET (CV-12)
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Title: USS HORNET (CV-12)
Caption: Lieutenants James S. Swope and Charles R. Stimson (Stimpson?) (both USNR) study reconnaissance photographs of Hong Kong, on board the carrier. HORNET's planes hit Hong Kong on 16 January 1945. Both men were pilots with Fighter Squadron Eleven (VF-11). Stimson, in background, was one of the war's leading "Aces," with 16 "kills" in F4F and F6F aircraft. Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Charles Kerlee, USNR.
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Catalog #: 80-G-469324
Copyright Owner: National Archives
Original Creator: Photograph by Lieutenant Commander Charles Kerlee, USNR.
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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