File:Damaged F6F of VF-15 after crash landing on USS Essex (CV-9) in May 1944.jpg
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| Description | The U.S. Navy flight deck crewman aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) prepare to remove Lieutenant J.J. Collins of Fighting Squadron 15 (VF-15) from his Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat, after he crash-landed on board. Collins was seriously wounded, and his plane badly damaged, by Japanese Anti-aircraft fire during the Wake Island Raid on 23 May 1944. Note the firefighting team at right. |
| Date | Taken on 23 May 1944 |
| Source | Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-373617 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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