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Photo #: 80-G-439897

USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)


Firefighting crews finish extinguishing a burning Vought F4U-4B (Bureau Number 97428) that had been hit by a 20mm round accidently fired by another plane as it landed at 1807 hours on 11 March 1951, during Korean War operations.
The fire was out by 1823 hrs, and the damaged F4U was jettisoned as a total loss at 1850 hrs on the same day. Four men were injured in the incident.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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2 December 1999