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Description A U.S. Navy Vought F7U-3 Cutlass (BuNo 129595) of Fighter Squadron (VF-124) Stingrays suffers ramp strike on landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19) during carrier qualifications off of the California coast on 14 July 1955. Disintegrating airframe is seen spinning off to the port side. The pilot LCDR Jay Alkire, USNR, executive officer of VF-124, was killed when the airframe sank, still strapped into the ejection seat. Also killed were two boatswain's mates and one photographers mate, in the port catwalk by burning fuel.
Date Taken on 14 July 1955
Source www.usshancockcv19.com [1]
Author Charles H. Faulker, BM1, USNH
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21:01, 31 January 2008Thumbnail for version as of 21:01, 31 January 2008720 × 549 (105 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Ramp strike of a Vought F7U-3 ''Cutlass'' on the aircraft carrier ''USS Hancock (CVA-19)'' in 1955. The pilot, LCDR Jay Alkire, USNR, of fighter squadron VF-124 ''Stingrays'', ''Carrier Air Group Twelve (CVG-12)'', was killed.

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