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80-G-433493 USS Essex (CV-9)

Photo #: 80-G-433493 USS Essex (CV-9)
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Title: USS Essex (CV-9)
Description: McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee jet fighter (Bureau No. 124968) crashes into aircraft parked on the starboard side of the flight deck, forward, after after it cleared three flight deck barriers at 1823(I). The accident took place while Essex was operating off Korea on 16 September 1951. The plane's pilot was LtJG Keller. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-433493
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