The Lost American Ace Who Terrorized Japan on His Very First Flight

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Early in the morning of April 7, 1943, with the Pacific theater of World War 2 in full swing, a 22-year old American rookie pilot named James Elms Swett was about to get his first taste of action. His debut mission was to lead a small division of Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters on patrol over the Russell Islands, just off Guadalcanal, recently taken by the US.

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