A nosed-over North American SNJ <i>Texan</i> after hitting the barrier aboard the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS <i>Saipan</i> (CVL-48). Following her commissioning on 14 July 1946, <i>Saipan</i> trained student pilots out of Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida (USA), from September 1946 to April 1947.
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U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cvl48-47/088.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cvl48-47/index_016.htm">USS <i>Saipan</i> (CVL-48) 1946-1947 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>