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Title: brave young men
Post by: mussie on December 19, 2005, 10:24:55 AM

A Pic from the site Widewing found....

I guess this is what they mean by brave young men....

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Crash landing of F6F-3, Number 30 of Fighting Squadron Two (VF-2), into the carrier's port side 20mm gun gallery, 10 November 1943.
Lieutenant Walter L. Chewning, Jr., USNR, the Catapult Officer, is climbing up the plane's side to assist the pilot from the burning aircraft.
The pilot, Ensign Byron M. Johnson, escaped without significant injury. Enterprise was then en route to support the Gilberts Operation.
Note the plane's ruptured belly fuel tank.

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Title: brave young men
Post by: frank3 on December 20, 2005, 06:59:43 AM

I got this;

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Title: brave young men
Post by: Saxman on December 20, 2005, 10:02:07 AM

frank: Copy link, open new browser window (or tab) and paste it into the address bar

Title: brave young men
Post by: frank3 on December 20, 2005, 01:08:10 PM

(http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020637.jpg)

Oh man that must have been a terrible sight, indeed a very brave man!

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