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English: Hard landing of a Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat (BuNo 3994, "6-F-24") aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), 24 April 1942. The left landing gear collapsed but the pilot, APC Howard Packard, was uninjured.
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Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-16434 from cv6.org
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current11:39, 10 June 2008Thumbnail for version as of 11:39, 10 June 2008600 × 468 (40 KB)Sceadugenga (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=Hard landing of APC Howard Packard's F4F ''Wildcat'' 6-F-24. Left landing gear collapsed but Packard was uninjured. 24 April 1942}} {{cs|1=Tvrdé přistání Howard Packarda. Levá podvozková noha jeho F4F ''Wildcat''u 6

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