Hard landing of a Grumman F4F-3 <i>Wildcat</i> (BuNo 3994, "6-F-24") aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS <i>Enterprise</i> (CV-6), 24 April 1942. The left landing gear collapsed but the pilot, APC Howard Packard, was uninjured.
U.S. Navy
1942-04-24
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cv6.org/noumea/default.asp?uri=detail/barr-img-268&amp;ref=April+1942">80-G-16434</a> from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cv6.org/">cv6.org</a>