David McCampbell
Military Person
1910 – 1996
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Who was David McCampbell?
Captain David McCampbell was an American naval aviator, who became the US Navy’s all-time leading ace with 34 aerial victories during World War II. The third-highest scoring US flying ace of World War II, he was the highest-scoring ace to survive the war.
McCampbell was born in Bessemer, Alabama, and raised in West Palm Beach, Florida. He attended the Staunton Military Academy and one year at the Georgia School of Technology before his appointment to the United States Naval Academy, where he graduated with the class of 1933.
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- Born
- Jan 16, 1910
Bessemer - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Naval Academy
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Staunton Military Academy
- Lived in
- Alabama
- Died
- Jun 30, 1996
- Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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