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| Keywords: F4U-4crash CVA-34 Mar1953.jpeg en Crash of a U S Navy F4U-4 Corsair from fighter squadron VF-124 Carrier Air Group 12 CVG-12 on the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany CVA-34 on 6 March 1953 On that day VF-124 and VA-125 flying Douglas Skyraiders bombed depots trenches and bunkers south of Wonsan and near Hamsong Korea In the middle of these strikes the F4U-4 piloted by Lt Edwin L Kummer VF-124 developed engine trouble shortly after take off Aborting the mission Kummer tried but was unable to jettison all his ordnance as one 113 kg 250 lb bomb hung-up on the bomb rack Unfortunately as the Corsair hit the deck the bomb broke loose bounced up the flight deck and exploded over the No 3 elevator killing two sailors and wounding fourteen others One of the men killed was Photographer Airman Thomas L McGraw killed while filming landing operations while the other was Aviation Electrician Airman Thomas M Yeager The explosion riddled the hangar deck below with shrapnel piercing many of the parked aircraft and flooding the hangar bay with gasoline Firefighting teams quickly extinguished the fire and isolated the hangar deck preventing the fire from spreading into the ship At the same time Airman Richard D Donovan ran through the flames cut the unconscious pilot from his harness and pulled him to safety see photo Damage repair crews put the aircraft carrier back in business within hours and Oriskany began launching airstrikes again on 8 March 1953 http //www defenseimagery mil U S DefenseImagery photo VIRIN http //www dodmedia osd mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details cfm SDAN HNSN9807218 JPGPath /Assets/1986/Navy/HN-SN-98-07218 JPG HN-SN-98-07218 NARA file no 80-G-480705 USN 1953-03-06 PD-USGov F4U Corsairs in the Korean War F4U-4 Corsair Aboard USS Oriskany CV-34 Aircraft accidents aboard aircraft carriers Burning aircraft | ||||
