File:Burning F4U heads for USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) in October 1950.jpg

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Description A burning U.S. Navy Vought F4U-4B Corsair fighter plane heads for a crash landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea (CV-47), with smoke pouring out of its starboard side, during operations off Korea on 22 October 1950. The carrier in the middle distance appears to be USS Valley Forge (CV-45).
Date Taken on 22 October 1950
Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-439877 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author USN

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