CLOSEUP OF WILDCAT Photographer L.M. Ashman, USMC, Baltimore, Md., was bowled over by the rush of wind from this Grumman Wildcat as it took off from Henderson Field to repulse a Jap aerial bombardment

1943

CLOSEUP OF WILDCAT Photographer L.M. Ashman, USMC, Baltimore, Md., was bowled over by the rush of wind from this Grumman Wildcat as it took off from Henderson Field to repulse a Jap aerial bombardment

He held firm to his camera and was rewarded by this closeup shot. Feb.

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