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LT Russell F. Kippen and Air Crew
LT Russell F. Kippen (center) and his VT-10 air crew, in spring 1944.
Source: Joseph C. Houston

LT Russell F. Kippen (center), Darrell K. Coffey ACRM (left) and Donald L. Warner Jr. AOM 2/c (right) of Torpedo Squadron 10. Photo taken during Air Group 10's second tour with Enterprise CV-6: 16 January - 15 July 1944.

While commanding officer of Night Torpedo Squadron 90, Kippen was killed in action during a night-time raid on the Formosan harbor of Kiirun, 22 January 1945.


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