Keywords: F9F ramp strike aboard USS Midway (CVB-41) 1951.jpg Series of photos of a ramp strike of a U S Navy Grumman F9F-2 Panther from the Naval Air Test Center aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway CVB-41 on 23 July 1951 Fortunately on impact the cockpit section separated from the plane's fuselage and rolled forward on the flight deck saving the pilot Cdr George C Duncan from the fire He only suffered minor injuries U S Navy Naval Aviation News October 1951 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1951/Oct51 pdf 1951-07-23 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman F9F Panther Aboard USS Midway CV-41 Ramp strikes |