Bidspirit auction | WW2 Top US Navy ace

WW2 Top US Navy ace Capt D McCampbell MOH signed VJ day RAF flown cover. AC20bBR 40th Anniv VJ Day 5 Aug 85 Jersey 40th Anniversary VJ Day. Flown in Boeing 747 of Cathay Pacific on a flight remembering the 40th Anniversary of VJ Day from Gatwick to Hong Kong Boeing 747 Pilot Captain Robert Wilkinson. Also Personally Signed by Boeing 747 Pilot Captain Robert Wilkinson. 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. McCampbell is the United States Navy's all-time leading flying ace (called Ace of the Aces in the Navy) and top F6F Hellcat ace with 34 aerial victories. He was the third-highest American scoring ace of World War II and the highest-scoring American ace to survive the war. He also set a United States single mission aerial combat record of shooting down nine enemy planes in one mission, on October 24, 1944, at the beginning of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, in the Philippines. Good condition. Part of Single Vendor collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide.