Pilots pleased over their victory during the Marshall Islands attack, grin across the tail of an F6F Hellcat on board the USS LEXINGTON, after shooting down 17 out of 20 Japanese planes heading for Tarawa. November 1943. Comdr. Edward J. Steichen. (Navy) Exact Date Shot Unknown NARA FILE #: 080-G-470985 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 959 USS Lexington (CV-16) pilots celebrate aerial victories 1943-11

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