After taking of from the deck of the USS Princeton (CV-37) an F4U-5N aircraft crashes off flight deck starboard bow into the sea off the coast of Korea, during the Korean War. Splash in water. A helicopter hovers over the crashed plane. Helicopter lands on the flight deck. Men run to the helicopter. They carry the injured pilot on a stretcher.
Tailhook of F9F-2 Panther naval jet fighter of U.S. Navy squadron VF-111 fails to engage on 1st landing attempt (Korean War period). An aircraft takes off. The F9F-2 jet fighter attempts to land from the flight deck of the of CV-37 USS Princeton off the coast of Korea. The F9F-2 fails to land properly, hitting 3 barriers on flight deck. Pilot in the cockpit. Crewmen rush to the aid of the pilot. F9F-2 Panther naval jet fighter (Number 109) makes an emergency landing.
A U.S. F4F-3 aircraft crash lands on deck of the USS Wasp (CV-7) during World War 2. Sequence in slow motion begins with hard contact on deck that collapses landing gear and bends propeller blades. The pilot clearly visible in cockpit, with canopy open. The aircraft slides forward and across the deck where it stops at the very edge. Deck crewmen jump up and head toward the airplane.
USS Wasp (CV-7) flight operations during World War 2. Slow motion footage shows Grumman F4F-3 (BuNo 1066) of Navy Squadron VF-72, "Blue Wasps," rounding out high during landing. It catches an arresting cable, but the cable snaps and the F4F rolls into the barrier and noses over, remaining in a tail high position. Superstructure in the background. Deck crewmen run towards the crashed plane.
U.S.Navy F4F-3 from Squadron VF-42 (BuNo 2537) crashing on the USS Wasp (CV-7) in 1941, prior to the U.S. entry into World War 2. Slow motion sequence showing the F4F rounding out high during landing and drifting into the island of the aircraft carrier. The right wing strikes the superstructure of the island and breaks off. The F4F collapses, inverted, in pieces, on the flight deck. Several members of the ship's crew hunkered down beside the deck during the accident.
German troops march along Unter den Linden, in Berlin, Germany, on Heldengedenktag (Day of Commemoration of Heroes) in World War 2. A military band (unseen) plays. The troops pass a reviewing party in front of the Neue Wache Memorial building, that includes Adolf Hitler, Marshal Hermann Goering; Marshal Wilhelm Keitel; Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz; SS leader Heinrich Himmler; Marshal Fedor von Bock; and Marshal Erhard Milch.
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