Picture of the day Crash landing of a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat (Number 30) of Fighting Squadron 2 (VF-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (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. Enterprise was then en route to support the Gilberts Operation. Note the plane’s ruptured belly fuel tank. Today is Veterans Day in the United States. #ImageOfTheDay
<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en">Picture of the day </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span><a href="Burning_Grumman_F6F-3_Hellcat_of_VF-2_aboard_USS_Enterprise_(CV-6)_on_10_November_1943_(80-G-205473).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="http://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/picture-of-the-daycrash-landing-of-a-u-s-navy-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-number-30-of-fighting-squadron-2-vf-2-aboard-the-aircraft-carrier-uss-enterprise-cv-6-into-the-carriers-port-side-20.jpg" width="300" height="223" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2949" data-file-height="2196"></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en">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. Today is Veterans Day in the United States.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>

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Picture of the day
Crash landing of a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat (Number 30) of Fighting Squadron 2 (VF-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (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. Enterprise was then en route to support the Gilberts Operation. Note the plane’s ruptured belly fuel tank. Today is Veterans Day in the United States.

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Picture of the day
Crash landing of a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat (Number 30) of Fighting Squadron 2 (VF-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (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. Enterprise was then en route to support the Gilberts Operation. Note the plane’s ruptured belly fuel tank. Today is Veterans Day in the United States.

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Picture of the day
Crash landing of a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat (Number 30) of Fighting Squadron 2 (VF-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (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. Enterprise was then en route to support the Gilberts Operation. Note the plane’s ruptured belly fuel tank. Today is Veterans Day in the United States.

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