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F2H crash on USS Essex (CV-9) 1951
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F2H crash on USS Essex (CV-9) 1951

Four photos showing the crash of a U.S. Navy McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee (BuNo 124968) of Fighter Squadron VF-172 "Night Owls" aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) off Korea. VF-172 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5) aboard the Essex for a deployment to Korea from 26 June 1951 to 25 March 1952. The aircraft, piloted by Lt.JG Keller, crashed into parked aircraft in a deck landing accident which resulted in the loss of seven lives and four aircraft: two F2H-2s (BuNos 124966 & 124968) and two F9F-2s (BuNos 125128 & 125131).

Date
1951-09-16
Photographer / author
USN
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
image
Original size
1,624 × 1,285 pixels

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"F2H crash on USS Essex (CV-9) 1951" (1951-09-16). USN, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F2H_crash_on_USS_Essex_(CV-9)_1951.jpg

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