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| Keywords: F6F Hellcat crash on carrier off Palau 1944.JPG A U S Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat after crashing on a U S Essex-class carrier off Peleliu in 1944 The plane had been shot up over Peleliu taking out the hydraulics With the shot up ailerons and a large hole in the right wing the pilot managed a landing However he struck a gun turret and the plane disintegrated He survived with minor injuries <br> Note Although the Naval Aviation News describes this as an accident happened off Peleliu this scene appears in the movie The Fighting Lady in an earlier context Also the US insignia is the mid-1943 one with red borders The crash therefore probably happened during Yorktown´s working-up period in 1943 U S Navy Naval Aviation News 1 October 1944 p 18 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1940s/1944/1Oct44 pdf 1944 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy F6F-3 Hellcat Aircraft accidents aboard aircraft carriers | ||||
