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"The date was 1 July 1944 while Ticonderoga was on her shakedown cruise in Trinidad. The pilot was ENS John G. Fraifogl who was only mildly injured in this incident."
Deck log reads: "1717 Second plane aboard, F6F-4 [a F6F-5 Hellcat from VF-80, Squadron #4], BuAero serial number 58613, pilot Ensign J. G. FRAIFOGL, USNR, made normal landing, belly tank detached itself from plane, hit flight deck, ignited. Plane badly damaged—to be surveyed—."

 
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USS Ticonderoga. Wednesday, 4 July 1944, "0847: TBF 13 [TBM-1C Avenger] upon being launched, crashed into the water off the starboard bow and
clear of the ship, at latitude 10°27'13"N, longitude 62°03'05"W. Bureau plane 45922, piloted by Lt. (jg) G. C. Francom, USNR. Others in plane:
Lt. R. W. Evans, USNR, and Stringer, E. N., ARM2c, 7CO-97-24, USNR. All members picked up by crash boat." (Excerpt from the ship's Deck Log.)

 
I think that thingy on the starboard wing is too heavy.
 
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