File:FM-2 Wildcat crash landing on escort carrier c1944.jpg

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Description Crash landing of a U.S. Navy General Motors FM-2 Wildcat aboard an escort carrier. Note the amount of splinters flying around as the propeller hits the wood-covered flight deck.
Date circa 1944
date QS:P,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7393.013
Author U.S. Navy

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