Crash landing of a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 <i>Hellcat</i> (Number 30) of Fighting Squadron 2 (VF-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Enterprise</i> (CV-6), into the carrier's port side 20mm gun gallery, 10 November 1943. Lieutenant Walter L. Chewning, Jr., USNR, the Catapult Officer, is seen climbing up the plane's side to assist the pilot from the burning aircraft. The pilot, Ensign Byron M. Johnson, escaped without significant injury. <i>Enterprise</i> was then en route to support the Gilberts Operation. Note the plane's ruptured belly fuel tank.
Taken on 10 November 1943
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