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26th January 2025, 11:57
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USS COWPENS landing
One of the classic deck landing accidents, an F6F-5 on "Cowpens" (VF-46) returning from the 24 Feb. 1945 Tokyo raid wrights-off 5 more; the pilots were still in cockpits but no fatalities though 2 deck-crew were lost overboard. Dangerous place with engines running up too; a handler on "Yorktown" was blown backwards and a pitot tube went through his cheek.
https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/022527.jpg Nick 
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