File:Crashed F4U of VMF-112 on USS Bennington (CV-20) in 1945.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy firefighters battle flames engulfing a U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1D Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-112 after a crash on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20). VMF-112 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 82 aboard the Bennington. The carrier joined Task Group 58.1 on 8 February 1945 at Ulithi. Operating out of Ulithi, she took part in the strikes against the Japanese home islands (16–17 February and 25 February).
Date Taken on 14 February 1945
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2011.003.271.040
Author U.S. Navy

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