F6F Hellcat (VF-2) crash lands on USS Enterprise's flight deck.
En route to attack Makin Island on 10 November 1943, this F6F Hellcat (VF-2) crash landed on Enterprise's flight deck. Crash landing of F6F-3, Number 30 of Fighting Squadron Two (VF-2), USS Enterprise, 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.
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Photo credit: © GL Archive / Alamy / Afripics
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