The burning US F6F-5 Hellcat fighter on the deck of the Ticonderoga aircraft carrier

F6F-5 Hellcat

 

The American fighter pilot, ensign John G. Fraifogl, is trying to escape from his burning F6F-5 Hellcat fighter aircraft on the deck of the Ticonderoga aircraft carrier of the US Navy.

The incident occurred during the training flights of the 80th Air Group after the ship was commissioned.

 

 

Location: Gulf of Paria, Trinidad
Date: July 1, 1944

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