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Flying an F6F-5 Hellcat fighter, Comdr. David McCampbell, Commander, Air Group 15 on board the USS Essex (CV-9), downed nine enemy fighters in a single engagement on the morning of 24 October. A Medal of Honor recipient, McCampbell finished the war as A