Lts. JAMES S. SWOPE and CHARLES R. STIMSON (both USNR)
STUDY RECONNAISSANCE PHOTOGRAPHS OF HONG KONG ON BOARD
THE CARRIER USS HORNET (CV~12)
HORNET’S PLANES HIT HONG KONG ON 16 JANUARY 1945.
BOTH MEN WERE PILOTS WITH FIGHTER SQUADRON ELEVEN
(VF-11).
STIMSON, IN BACKGRQUND, WAS ONE, OF THE WAR’S LEADING “ACES”
WITH 16 “KILLS” IN F4F AND F6F AIRCRAFT.
