File:F4U-4 of VF-74 making crash landing on USS Bennington (CVA-20) 1953.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Vought F4U-4 Corsair of Fighter Squadron VF-74 "Be-Devilers" making a crash landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CVA-20) in October 1953. VF-74 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 7 (CVG-7) aboard the Bennington for a deployment to the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea from 16 September 1953 to 21 February 1954.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7147.019
Author Robert S. Blake, U.S. Navy

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