Photo #: 80-G-208140 USS Cowpens (CVL-25) Pilot evacuates his burning F6F-3 fighter after landing unaware that it was on fire, during the Gilberts Operation, 24 November 1943. Firefighters are rushing to the plane, and put out the flames in a minute and a half, with no casualties. The fire started as the "Hellcat" approached Cowpens for an emergency landing. The pilot was Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Alfred W. Magee, Jr., USNR. The plane was Bureau # 66101. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 89KB; 640 x 675 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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24 October 2000