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| Keywords: Ens Sheedy crashing USS Hornet Midway 1942.jpg en A U S Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat of fighting squadron VF-3 from the USS Yorktown CV-5 lands on the aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-8 circa 14 30 h 4 June 1942 The plane 3-F-24 was piloted by Ens Daniel C Sheedy and had been damaged by Japanese A6M2 Zero fighters over the Japanese fleet The aircraft landed hard causing the right landing gear to collapse and the six 12 7 mm machine guns opened fire for two seconds note the smoke coming from the guns The bullets killed three Marines a sailor of VB-8 and the aft 12 7 cm gun control officer Lt Royal R Ingersoll son of Adm Royal E Ingersoll CINCLANT Twenty others were wounded maritimequest com http //www maritimequest com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/aircraft_carriers/hornet_cv_8/uss_hornet_cv8_page_13 htm 1942-06-04 U S Navy photograph PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman F4F Wildcat Aboard USS Hornet CV-8 Battle of Midway US forces Aircraft accidents aboard aircraft carriers | ||||
