Lieutenant James Swope, USNR. F6F pilot aboard the USS Hornet (CV-12) operating in the China Sea. Swope is shown here in his cockpit, as photographed by LCDR Charles Kerlee in February 1945.
Categories: Distinguished Photographers
 
 
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