File:Grumman F9F-8 Cougar of VF-94 crashes on USS Yorktown (CVA-10), in 1956.jpg

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English: U.S. Navy Grumman F9F-8 Cougar of Fighter Squadron 94 (VF-94) "Tough Kittties" slides along the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CVA-10) after the landing gear failed during a landing. VF-94 was assigned to Air Task Group 4 (ATG-4) aboard the Yorktown for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 19 March to 13 September 1956.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Yorktown (CVA-10) 1956 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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current08:21, 20 January 2019Thumbnail for version as of 08:21, 20 January 2019886 × 534 (263 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=U.S. Navy Grumman F9F-8 ''Cougar'' of Fighter Squadron 94 (VF-94) "Tough Kittties" slides along the deck of the aircraft carrier USS ''Yorktown'' (CVA-10) after the landing gear failed during a landing. VF-94 was assigned to Air Task Group 4 (ATG-4) aboard the ''Yorktown'' for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 19 March to 13 September 1956.}} |Source=U.S. Navy photo [https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv10-56/042.htm] from the [...