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| Description | Explosion on the flight deck aboard U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) near the starboard bow, after a McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee (BuNo 124968) of Fighter Squadron VF-172 "Night Owls" crashed into parked aircraft in a deck landing accident off Korea on 16 September 1951. The accident resulted in the loss of seven lives and four aircraft: two F2H-2s (BuNo 124966, 124968) and two Grumman F9F-2 Panther s (Bureau No 125128, 125131) of VF-51 "Screaming Eagles". The F2H was piloted by LtJG Keller. The Essex , with assigned Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5), was deployed to Korea from 26 June 1951 to 25 March 1952. |
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| Source | Official U.S. Navy Photograph 80-G-433494 , now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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