| The Ship |
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Off Korea, 1954.
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"Essex Returns From Orient To Cheers Of 3,500 Here."
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| Air Task Group Two (ATG-2) |
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Air Task Group Two officers
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Flight deck staging
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Fixed wing aircraft: F2H-3 Banshees, F9F-6 Cougars, F9F-2 Panthers, and several
variants of AD Skyraiders.
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Landing Signal Officer (LSO) brings in 17,000 pounds of high-speed fury.
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Fighter Squadron 23, "The Flashers." CO & XO.
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VF-23 pilots & "paddles."
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VF-23 (#109) Banshee flight deck crash.
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VF-23 (#110) Banshee flight deck crash.
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Fighter Squadron 143. CO & XO.
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VF-143. Pilots.
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The F9F-6 VF-143 Cougar that is in the nylon barrier broke his tail hook and took out most of
the steel cable barriers before he got stopped.
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VF-143 Cougar crash.
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VF-143 Cougar flight deck crash.
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Five-photo sequence of a Cougar F9F-6 that made a hard landing and broke his port landing gear.
He ended up in the drink, but the pilot got out safely.
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#2
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#3
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#4
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#5
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Fighter Squadron 123. CO & XO. Safety awards
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VF-123. Pilots. Safety awards.
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Attack Squadron 55 "Skyraiders." CO & XO.
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VA-55. Pilots.
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AD-4 Skyraider flight deck crash.
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"The pictures of flight deck crashes [on this page] are presented
for their interest value, not to imply that such accidents are either frequent or normal."
"Considering the hazards of landing a fast-moving aircraft on a pitching and rolling deck and
arresting its motion within 200 feet, such accidents are rare indeed. They are part of the price we
must pay for airbases that are able to cruise around the world at 30 knots."
"It is a tribute to the skill of our pilots and flight deck crews that none of the accidents
pictured resulted in a critical injury." |
NS020925
The burning VA-55 AD Skyraider was a mishap between it and mull tractor gas tank on the flight
deck. The pilot escaped from the plane, but left the engine running. An airman (ATAN) jumped into
the cockpit and turned the engine off. He suffered second degree burns.
(Additional photos of this accident can be found below.)
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Same aircraft, after the fire.
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VC-3 pilots and crew.
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VC-3 flight deck crash.
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VC-35 Detachment Item. Crew.
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VC-35 Detachment Item. Maintenance.
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VC-11 Team Item.
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VC-11 Team Item. Pilots.
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HO3S-1 of HU-1 Det. I ready for rescue.
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Radio-controlled target drone. "Born for Suicide."
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Underway air (o)ops.
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Hello Hawaii!
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The "Mule," a tractor used to move planes.
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Another "Mule" at work.
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