File:F4U crash on USS Essex (CV-9) in August 1945.jpg

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Description Crash of a U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1/FG-1 Corsair of Bombing Fighting Squadron 88 (VBF-88) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) off Japan. The Corsair´s belly tank had broken loose during the landing.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2011.003.271.038
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