Photo #: 80-G-433494 USS Essex (CV-9) Explosion on the flight deck near the starboard bow, after a McDonnell F2H-2 "Banshee" jet fighter (Bureau No. 124968) crashed into parked aircraft in a deck landing accident off Korea on 16 September 1951. The accident resulted in the loss of seven lives and four aircraft: two F2H-2s (Bureau Nos.124966 & 124968) and two F9Fs (Bureau Nos. 125128 & 125131). The F2H was piloted by LtJG Keller. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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30 November 1999