A U.S. Navy LTV A-7E <i>Corsair II</i> aircraft (BuNo 157495) of attack squadron VA-56 <i>Champions</i> bursts into flames after a ramp strike on the aircraft carrier USS <i>Midway</i> (CV-41), on 21 August 1984. The Pilot was killed. In the foreground is a Grumman E-2B <i>Hawkeye</i> of airborne early warning squadron VAW-115 <i>Liberty Bells</i>.
PH3 Hogestyn, USN
1984-08-21
U.S. DefenseImagery <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.defenseimagery.mil">[1]</a> photo VIRIN: DN-SN-93-01357 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=DNSN9301357&amp;JPGPath=/Assets/1986/Navy/DN-SN-93-01357.JPG">[2]</a>