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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-484863

USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47)


Lt(JG) Hugh N. Batten lands his damaged Grumman F9F-2 "Panther" after it was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire.
Photo is dated 12 July 1953.
This plane's nose covering has been entirely torn away.

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

Online Image: 51KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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22 November 1999