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80-G-439862 USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)

Photo #: 80-G-439862 USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)
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Title: USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)
Description: Ensign Edward D. Jackson, of Fighter Squadron 112, is helped from his F9F-2 Panther fighter, after making a blind landing on board the carrier, 17 September 1950. He had suffered severe facial lacerations when his plane flew through high-tension lines west of Seoul, Korea, while attacking targets on the Han River. For the text of an All Hands magazine article on this incident, see: Photo # 80-G-439862 (Extended Caption). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-439862
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