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