File:SB2C-5 crash USS Kearsarge 1948.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver of attack squadron VA-34 Black Panthers, Carrier Air Group 3 (CVG-3), pictured in the midst of a spectacular barrier crash on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CV-33) during operations in the Atlantic Ocean, in 1948. Descended from Bombing Squadron Three (VB-3), VA-34 had been redesignated from Attack Squadron 3A (VA-3A) in September 1948, and was redesignated VA-35 on 15 February 1950.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.319 [1]
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