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Barrier Crash
Wreckage of a VF(N)-90 Hellcat following a late night flight deck crash, 5 March 1945.
Source: William T. Barr

Wreckage of a VF(N)-90 Hellcat that crashed into Enterprise's flight deck barrier shortly before midnight, 5 March 1945. The plane and flight deck are covered in fire-fighting foam. Note the bent blades of the fighter's propeller.


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