Flight deck crewmen on board USS Essex prepare to remove LT J.J. Collins from his Hellcat after he crash-landed
Collins was seriously wounded, and his plane badly damaged, by Japanese anti-aircraft fire over Wake Atoll.
F6F-3 Hellcat #23 of VF-15 belly landing on the flight deck of the carrier Essex CV-9 May 23, 1944
Published at 1600 × 1259 px.
Link to full-size photo:
F6F-3 Hellcat #23 of VF-15 belly landing on the flight deck of the carrier Essex CV-9 May 23, 1944
Site statistics:
Photos of World War II: over 26800
aircraft: 63 models
tanks: 59 models
vehicles: 59 models
guns: 3 models
units: 2
ships: 47
WW2 battlefields - 12
weapon models: -
equipment: -