U.S. Navy firefighters battle flames engulfing a U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1D <i>Corsair</i> of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-112 after a crash on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS <i>Bennington</i> (CV-20). VMF-112 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 82 aboard the <i>Bennington</i>. The carrier joined Task Group 58.1 on 8 February 1945 at Ulithi. Operating out of Ulithi, she took part in the strikes against the Japanese home islands (16–17 February and 25 February).
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