Photo #: 80-G-439862 (Extended Caption) USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) Ensign Edward D. Jackson, of Fighter Squadron 112, is helped from his F9F-2 "Panther" fighter, after making a blind landing on board the carrier, 17 September 1950. He had suffered severe facial lacerations when his plane flew through high-tension lines west of Seoul, Korea, while attacking targets on the Han River. See below for the text of an "All Hands" magazine article on this incident. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 620 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Text of a brief article published in "All Hands" magazine, January 1951, page 39: Blinded Pilot Talked Down to Carrier Deck |
Caption extended 19 December 1999