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Photo #: 80-G-439862

USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)


Ensign Edward D. Jackson, of Fighter Squadron 112, is helped from his F9F-2 "Panther" fighter, after making a blind landing on board the carrier, 17 September 1950.
He had suffered severe facial lacerations when his plane flew through high-tension lines west of Seoul, Korea, while attacking targets on the Han River.
For the text of an "All Hands" magazine article on this incident, see: Photo # 80-G-439862 (Extended Caption).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Caption modified 19 December 1999