MAKE A MEME View Large Image 1951 Essex crash 1.jpg Explosion on the flight deck aboard U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex CV-9 near the starboard bow after a McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee BuNo 124968 of Fighter Squadron VF-172 Night Owls crashed into parked aircraft in a ...
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Keywords: 1951 Essex crash 1.jpg Explosion on the flight deck aboard U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex CV-9 near the starboard bow after a McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee BuNo 124968 of Fighter Squadron VF-172 Night Owls crashed into parked aircraft in a deck landing accident off Korea on 16 September 1951 The accident resulted in the loss of seven lives and four aircraft two F2H-2s BuNo 124966 124968 and two Grumman F9F-2 Panthers Bureau No 125128 125131 of VF-51 Screaming Eagles The F2H was piloted by LtJG Keller The Essex with assigned Carrier Air Group 5 CVG-5 was deployed to Korea from 26 June 1951 to 25 March 1952 Official U S Navy Photograph http //www history navy mil/photos/images/g430000/g433494c htm 80-G-433494 now in the collections of the U S National Archives 1951-09-16 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Essex CV-9 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee Grumman F9F Panther Aircraft accidents aboard aircraft carriers Attack Squadron 172 United States Navy
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