McCampbell, David

     
Příjmení:
Surname:
McCampbell McCampbell
Jméno:
Given Name:
David David
Jméno v originále:
Original Name:
David "Mac" McCampbell
Fotografie či obrázek:
Photograph or Picture:
Hodnost:
Rank:
kapitán Captain
Akademický či vědecký titul:
Academic or Scientific Title:
- -
Šlechtický titul:
Hereditary Title:
- -
Datum, místo narození:
Date and Place of Birth:
16.01.1910 Bessemer, AL
16.01.1910 Bessemer, AL
Datum, místo úmrtí:
Date and Place of Decease:
30.06.1996 Riviera Beach, FL
30.06.1996 Riviera Beach, FL
Nejvýznamnější funkce:
(maximálně tři)
Most Important Appointments:
(up to three)
- velitel VF-15
- velitel USS Bon Homme Richard a USS Severn
- štábní důstojník velitele letecké flotily a velitel palubních leteckých skupin
- Commander of VF-15
- Commander of USS Bon Homme Richard and USS Severn
- staff officer of air fleet commander and commander of air groups
Jiné významné skutečnosti:
(maximálně tři)
Other Notable Facts:
(up to three)
- nejúspěšnější americké námořní letecké eso se 33 samostatnými sestřely, 2 sdílenými, 5 pravděpobnými a 1 poškozeným ve vzduchu a dalšími 20 zničenými letadly na zemi; vedoucí americké letecké eso, jenž se dožilo konce války
- nejúspěšnější pilot F6F Hellcat
- sestřelil nejvíc letadel v historii amerických ozbrojených sil během jediné tůry (34), nejvíc letadel během jediného vzletu (9) a jako jediný američan získal statut esa jednoho dne 2krát
- highest scoring american navy flying ace with 33 solo claims, 2 shared, 5 probable and 1 damaged in air and 20 destroyed planes on the ground; leading american flying ace, which survived the war
- top scoring F6F Hellcat pilot
- highest scoring pilot during one tour in history of american armed forces (34), during one flight (9) and the only one american to achieve ace in day 2 times
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Příjmení:
Surname:
McCampbell McCampbell
Jméno:
Given Name:
David David
Jméno v originále:
Original Name:
David McCampbell
Všeobecné vzdělání:
General Education:
DD.MM.1928-DD.MM.1929 Georgiaský Technologický institut v Atlantě
DD.MM.1928-DD.MM.1929 Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta
Vojenské vzdělání:
Military Education:
DD.MM.1923-DD.MM.RRRR Stauntonská vojenská akademie
DD.MM.1929-DD.MM.1933 Námořní akademie Spojených Států (námořní inženýrství)
DD.MM.1923-DD.MM.RRRR Staunton Military Academy
DD.MM.1929-DD.MM.1933 United States Naval Academy (Naval Engineering)
Důstojnické hodnosti:
Officer Ranks:
DD.MM.1933 námořní praporčík
DD.05.1937 námořní poručík
DD.MM.RRRR námořní nadporučík
DD.10.1942 korvetní kapitán
DD.MM.1944 fregatní kapitán
DD.07.1952 námořní kapitán
DD.MM.1933 Ensign
DD.05.1937 Lieutenant Junior Grade
DD.MM.RRRR Lieutenant
DD.10.1942 Lieutenant Commander
DD.MM.1944 Commander
DD.07.1952 Captain
Průběh vojenské služby:
Military Career:
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR
Vyznamenání:
Awards:
Poznámka:
Note:
- USS McCampbell (DDG-85) - USS McCampbell (DDG-85)
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https://acesofww2.com/USA/aces/mccampbell/
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/630

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Cpt. David McCampbell


The largest fighter ace of the US NAVY. He shot down a total of 34 enemy aircraft.


David McCampbell was born on January 16, 1910 in Bessemer, Alabama. At the age of thirteen, he left home to study at the Staunton Military Academy in Staunton, Virginia, and later at the Georgia Technical Academy in Atlanta. With the support of Florida Sen. P. Trammell, he moved to the U.S. in 1929. Naval Academy. While studying at Naval Academy, McCampbell excelled in athletics and diving. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1933 with a degree in Marine Engineering. Due to the prevailing economic crisis, McCampbell was released to the rank of Ensign U.S. Naval Reserve. The following year, McCampbell worked for a design office in Alabama and as an assembly mechanic for Douglas Aircraft Corporation.


On June 14, 1934, McCampbell was transferred from the Naval Reserve again to U.S. Pat. Navy. His first location was aboard the cruiser USS Portland. In July 1936 he was appointed an air observer/shooter in Scouting Squadron 11. He fell in love with flying, and so in 1937 McCampbell began basic flight training at Pensacola Naval Air Station. A year later, he earned the Naval Aviator badge and began his flying career with Fighting Squadron 4 aboard the USS Ranger. He served aboard the USS Ranger for two years. He underwent retraining for the fighter F4F Wildcat. In 1940, McCampell was transferred aboard USS Wasp and with its air group served in the Atlantic as the Landing Signal Office (landing officer) ). The work of an LSO landing officer on an aircraft carrier is a very demanding and responsible job. The lives of aircraft crews landing on board aircraft carriers depend entirely on the flawless work of the LSO. Therefore, very experienced pilots who have made many landings on board the aircraft carrier are selected for LSO seats. McCampell served in this position until the moment when he was Wasp sunk (September 15, 1942) by a Japanese submarine during a patrol cruise on south of the island of Guadalcanal.


After the sinking USS Wasp McCampbell returned to the states where he served for some time as an instructor in a course for future LSOs in Melbern, Florida. During this time, McCampell was promoted to the rank of Lt. Order. The war against Japan grew to monstrous proportions, and the Navy needed experienced men to command fighter squadrons.


In August 1943, McCampbell was appointed commanding officer of the Fighting Squadron 15, where he served from September 1943 until February 1944, when he was appointed commander of the Air Group Fifteen, known as the "Famous Fifteen".
Air Group 15 did not begin its war career famously. It was originally assigned aboard USS Hornet, but its training was not sufficient and the group showed a high percentage of accidents. Therefore, after arriving in Pearl Harbor, she was transferred ashore for additional training. Thanks to the efforts of McCampbell and its squadron commanders, the fifteen has become one of the best air groups in the Pacific. In the spring of 1944, the famous air group 15 returned to the war on board USS Essex. McCampbell as commander of the air group USS Essex commanded bombers, fighters and torpedo planes. In total, he had under the command of about a hundred aircraft. McCampbell was thirty-four at the time.


The famous Fifteen, under McCampbell's command, made their way through the skies of war from Saipan to the Philippines, where she was exhausted and sent home to rest. During its seven-month tour, and after more than 20,000 operational flight hours, Air Force 15 destroyed more than 318 enemy aircraft in the air and 348 aircraft on the ground. It sank more than 296,500 tons of tonnage of the enemy fleet and damaged or probably sank more than half a million tons.These results were the best of all air groups during the entire Pacific War. Among the most significant successes of the group was the sinking of the battle supership Musashi. The famous Fifteen was also the most decorated air group of the war.


Despite the impressive results of the Famous Fifteen, McCampbell's personal score was even more unheard of. McCampbell entered the fight on May 19, 1944, leading a fighter sweep over Markus Island. Mc Campbell shot down his first Japanese aircraft on June 11, 1944 during an attack on Japanese positions on Saipan.
Shortly before 1 p.m. on June 11, 1944, he sent Essex into the air under the leadership of McCampbell fifteen fighters F6F-3 Hellcat a dva střemhlavé bombardéry SB2C Helldiver as rescue planes. Seven fighters carried 350-pound bombs, the remaining eight were flying cover. The formation arrived at the target after a long flight, and the fighter bombers immediately rushed to Japanese positions. McCampbell flew as the leader of the top cover group. At 2.30 pm it was at an altitude of 3000 meters, when one Zero on attacking fighter bombers erupted from the clouds over the island. . McCampbell dropped the auxiliary tank that hung under the hull of his Hellcat and turned behind the attacker. He threw himself at the arriving Zero at the moment when he was choosing a dive. He fired a short shot at him from his six 12.7 mm machine guns. Zero turned sharply to avoid an attack, but McCampbell pulled hard and turned behind him. He kept the Japanese in his crosshairs and again fired a short shot from all of them. In the sight, he saw several bullets hitting the fuselage Zera. McCampbell hung on to Zero's tail and fired a third shot. A machine gun shot hit the wing of a Japanese fighter jet. The pilot Zera made a right headland, but at that moment the hit wing broke off. The plane crashed in a wild spiral and disappeared into the sea. After two and a half hours of flight, all aircraft returned to the deck USS Essex.


In the first and second battles in the Philippine Sea, McCampbell led his pilots against the strength of enemy aircraft from eight Japanese aircraft carriers attacking the US Navy on June 19, 1944. McCampbell personally shot down seven enemy aircraft and two probably in one day. Among the pilots, this battle is known as the "Marianas Turkey Shoot".


On June 19, 1944, the USS Essex was located, along with the rest of the American Aircraft Carrier Association, on the island of Guam in the Marianas. Aircraft from aircraft carriers attacked ground targets on the island, when attack wave aircraft from Japanese aircraft carriers came on the scene Čijóda, Čitose a Zuiho Admiral Ozawa. Fighters from Essex were in charge of the union's air defenses this morning. At 10 a.m., radar operators noticed the approaching wave of Japanese aircraft and sounded the alarm. The patrol fighters charged at the enemy. An air battle broke out. At 10.37 a.m., a group of twelve Hellcat fighters led by frigate captain McCampbell took off from the deck Essex and began to climb. It was necessary to replace the existing patrol, which was already running out of ammunition and fuel. During the climb, McCampbell, with his formation of fighters, was guided by an airman to the next wave of enemy aircraft.


McCampbell was ordered to aim at a 245-degree course toward the enemy.He was leading his planes at an altitude of 7650 meters, when a formation of about 100 Japanese planes emerged in front of them. McCampbell began to descend with his fighters and gain speed. At full speed, they flew into the middle of a formation of enemy machines. A fight broke out. McCampbell flew through the entire formation and attacked from below. Judy's bomber from the back of the formation found himself in his crosshairs. McCampbell pulled the trigger of his weapons, and a short burst hit the bomber's fuselage fully. Judy exploded in one big flash of fire. McCampbell was forced to pull so that he would not be hit by the wreckage of the destroyed bomber. He found himself over the formation of Japanese machines. He quickly chose another target. Judy on the right side of the formation was in his crosshairs. After a long shot that struck Judy from the tip of the propeller cone to the tail, the hit machine immediately caught fire, fell out of formation and disappeared somewhere below. With the left turn, McCampbell returned to the enemy alliance and headed for the front of the formation. He attacked another Judy from behind from below, hitting him with a short shot. The bomber began to smoke heavily and fell out of formation. McCampbell disengaged from him upwards to the side, which put him in an advantageous position to attack the leader of the entire formation. Unfortunately, this attack came out empty. Judy kept flying. McCampbell turned his Hellcat and attacked from below the left number of the formation leader. It exploded in a flood of flames after a dose. McCampbell detached himself from him downwards and found himself in a position six hours behind and under the leader of the Japanese formation. He approached his stern slowly and fired a long shot. Judy's leader began to burn violently, rushing to the surface in an uncontrollable corkscrew. During this attack, all three left-handed machine guns got stuck on his Hellcat. Although he tried to get them to recharge, it was in vain.


McCampbell chose another enemy machine. He was the leading aircraft of the second formation. When he got it in the sight and opened fire, only right-hand machine guns fired. The recoil of the weapons resulted in the deviation of the aircraft. Then he had to stop firing. He kept chasing the chosen target, reloading all machine guns. He pulled the trigger again. Again, only machine guns fired in the right wing, and they got stuck after a while. Nevertheless, this short dose was enough. The hit plane took off, overturned and crashed into the sea. Those few bullets apparently killed the pilot.


The same afternoon, McCampbel took off for another combat flight against Orote Airport in Guam. Here, Japanese planes, which managed to escape the morning massacre, sought refuge. McCampbel got involved in a duel with three Zery. Right at the beginning of the fight, he managed to shoot down one of them, but in the other two there were great pilots. McCampbell and his number Lt. (jg) R.L.Nall had to separate from each other. The pilot chasing McCampbell was a true champion. McCampbell could not get rid of him and the Japanese hit his Hellcat several times. Eventually, McCambell had to call for help on the radio. Arriving Hellcaty got rid of his intrusive enemy. McCambell saw Lt. Nalla, behind whose tail Zero came out. Nall's Hellcat was obviously damaged, leaving a trail of smoke behind. McCampbell rushed to Nall's aid. He settled behind the intrusive Zerem and shot him into the sea with a long shot. It was his seventh victory on this day.


During September 1944, McCampbell shot down nineteen Japanese aircraft. It has already settled a new version Gumman F6F-5 Hellcat. On October 24, during the Battle of Leyte Bay, McCampbell, along with a single aircraft, attacked a formation of sixty enemy aircraft attacking US forces. During this fight, the pair shot down fifteen Japanese machines. McCampbell himself credited nine of them and probably two.This daring act, unparalleled in the annals of combat aviation, confused the entire enemy formation and totally disrupted the attack on the US fleet.


After nearly seven months of service in the Pacific, McCampbel achieved 34 victories over enemy aircraft. This result is the best that an American pilot has ever achieved during a single combat tour. In addition, he destroyed another twenty aircraft on the ground. David McCampbell achieved the highest score of naval pilots during WWII. As a result of these outstanding achievements, McCampbell has received many awards and honors. Among them is Congressional Medal of Honor (Congress Medal of Honor), which was personally presented to him on January 10, 1945 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Among other things, McCampbell received the award Navy Cross, Silver Star, Air Medal, Legion of Merit a Distinguished Flying Cross.


After returning home, McCampbell served from March 1945 to January 1947 at the Naval Air Base in Norfolk, Virginia, as Chief of Staff of the Air Fleet Commander and Commander of the Airborne Groups. He then joined the Army University for Senior Officers in Norfolk, first as a student and then as a member of the intelligence department. He was later appointed Senior Naval Aviation Advisor in the Argentine Navy from 1948 to January 1951.
In February 1951, McCampbell enlisted aboard the USS Franclin D. Roosevelt as deputy captain and executive officer (Executive Office - XO). From March 1952 to July 1953, he held the position of Planning Officer and Personnel Commander of the Air Force in the Atlantic. In the summer of 1953, he took command of the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Jacksonville, Florida, and a year later became the flight test coordinator at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland. In the following years McCampbell commanded the USS Severn and USS Bon Homme Richard until he was appointed joint personnel commander in Washington in 1960 DC In September 1962, he became Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations to the Chief of the Continental Air Defense Command. He remained in this position until his departure from the Navy in 1964.

David McCampbell died in Florida after a long illness on June 30, 1996 at the age of 86.


He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.


Captain David McCampbell was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame.


Source: Heroes of the Pacific (Captain David McCampbell and his elite fighters in dramatic battles over the waters of the Pacific) - Erwin P. Hoyt, published by Pavel Dobrovský - BETA and Jiří Ševčík 2004
ISBN 80-7306-126-0

Fighting legends Grumman F6F Hellcat - Jan Krist, published by Jan Vašut s.r.o. 2006
ISBN 978-80-7236-432-9
Edition of the trace, facts, testimony: Fight for the Philippines - Miloš Hubáček, published by Panorama - 1990
ISBN 80-7038-143-4
Web: medalofhonor.com
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Pár foto Davida McCampbella
zdroj web: medalofhonor.com
McCampbell, David - McCampbell po obdržení vyznamenání Legion of Merit

McCampbell po obdržení vyznamenání Legion of Merit
McCampbell, David - McCampbell se svým šéfmechanikem Chief Petty Officer Owens ve svém letounu MINSI III

McCampbell se svým šéfmechanikem Chief Petty Officer Owens ve svém letounu MINSI III
McCampbell, David - David McCampbell jako student Naval Academy.

David McCampbell jako student Naval Academy.
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Obrázek McCampbllova Hellcatu MINSI III
Zdroj: Monografie Lotncze F6F Hellcat - AJ Press -1994
autoři: Adam Jarski, Waldemar Pajdosz
ISBN 83-86208-05-8



Popisku jsem upravil já.
McCampbell, David - F6F-5 MINSI III Bu. No. 70143

F6F-5 MINSI III Bu. No. 70143
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McCampbell ve svém Hellcatu F6F-3 Minsi II čeká na povolení ke startu z paluby USS Essex. Na stroji chybí symboly sestřelů. Ty byly namalovány až na Minsi III pro propagační účely.
Foto pochází z US National Archives
McCampbell, David - MINSI III před startem z paluby USS Essex

MINSI III před startem z paluby USS Essex
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Ještě jedna fotografie Davida McCampbella v kabině Minsi III. (Všimněte si, že pod kabinou je nakresleno jen 30 sestřelů)
Zdrtoj: archiv autora
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Little Published Postwar Photo of CMDR by David McCampbell (1947)
Source: & # 269; Naval Aviation News 1947
McCampbell, David - CMDR McCampbell na křídle své MINSI III. (1947)

CMDR McCampbell na křídle své MINSI III. (1947)
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Sestřely Davida McCAMPBELLA


datum
jednotka
letadlo
soupeř
11. 6. 1944
AG 15
F6F Hellcat
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
13. 6. 1944
AG 15
F6F Hellcat
Nakajima Ki-49 Helen
19. 6. 1944
AG 15
F6F Hellcat
5x Yokosuka D4Y Judy
2x Mitsubishi A6M Zero
23. 6. 1944
AG 15
F6F Hellcat
1 ½ Mitsubishi A6M Zero
12. 9. 1944
AG 15
F6F Hellcat
2x Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Mitsubishi J2M Jack
Mitsubishi Ki-46 Dinah
13. 9. 1944
AG 15
F6F Hellcat
Nakajima Ki-27 Nate
Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar
22. 9. 1944
AG 15
F6F Hellcat
Nakajima Ki-46 Dinah
24. 9. 1944
AG 15
F6F Hellcat
½ Mitsubishi F1M Pete
21. 10. 1944
AG 15
F6F Hellcat
Nakajima Ki-27 Nate
Nakajima Ki-46 Dinah
24. 10. 1944
AG 15
F6F Hellcat
7x Mitsubishi A6M Zero
2x Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar
5. 11. 1944
AG 15
F6F Hellcat
Aichi D3A Val
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
11. 11. 1944
AG 15
F6F Hellcat
Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar
14. 11. 1944
AG 15
F6F Hellcat
Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar



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Stíhací esa VF-15


jméno
početsestřelů
v rámci VF-15
letadla
poznámka
David McCampbell
34
F6F Hellcat

George C. Duncan
13,5
F6F Hellcat

Roy W. Rushing
13
F6F Hellcat

John R. Strane
13
F6F Hellcat

Wendell V. Twelves
13
F6F Hellcat

George R. Carr
11,5
F6F Hellcat

James F. Rigg
11
F6F Hellcat

Arthur Singer, Jr.
10
F6F Hellcat

Norman R. Berree
9
F6F Hellcat

George W. Pigman, Jr.
8,5
F6F Hellcat

Claude W. Plant, Jr.
8,5
F6F Hellcat

Larry R. Self
8,5
F6F Hellcat

Bert D. Morris, Jr.
7
F6F Hellcat

Charles W. Brewer
6,5
F6F Hellcat

Richard E. Fowler, Jr.
6,5
F6F Hellcat

Walter A. Lundin
6,5
F6F Hellcat

Albert C. Slack
6,5
F6F Hellcat

James D. Bare
6
F6F Hellcat

John C.C. Symmes
5,5
F6F Hellcat
+ 5,5 sestřelu na F4F u VF-21
Clarence A. Borley
5
F6F Hellcat

James E. Duffy
5
F6F Hellcat

Kenneth A. Flinn
5
F6F Hellcat

Ralph E. Foltz
5
F6F Hellcat

Wallace R. Johnson
5
F6F Hellcat

Charles B. Milton
5
F6F Hellcat

Edward W. Overton, Jr.
5
F6F Hellcat

Robert P. Fash
3
F6F Hellcat
+ 3 sestřely na F6F u VF-50



Pokud není nic uvedeno v poznámce jedná se o definitivní skóre, které pilot dosáhl v průběhu II. svět. války.


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