File:Barrier crash of a General Motors FM-2 Wildcat aboard USS Sable (IX-81), in May 1945 (80-G-354753).jpg

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English: A U.S. Navy General Motors FM-2 Wildcat fighter upended after a barrier crash on board the training carrier USS Sable (IX-81), during pilot training in the Great Lakes, in May 1945. Another FM-2 is flying past in top center.
Date May 1945
date QS:P571,+1945-05-00T00:00:00Z/10
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-354753
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-354753
Other versions U.S. Navy National Naval Aviation Museum of NNAM.2003.220.074

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current11:07, 15 November 2020Thumbnail for version as of 11:07, 15 November 20205,634 × 4,655 (7.98 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)NHHC file
18:06, 20 April 2006Thumbnail for version as of 18:06, 20 April 2006640 × 508 (95 KB)HH58 (talk | contribs)Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter after an accident on board of the US training aircraft carrier USS Sable (IX-81), May 1945 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sable_(IX-81) {{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}}

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