Wrecked French Navy Hellcats (1 Viewer)

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Techos forwarded me these pictures. Here is his response when I asked for his permission and more information: (sorry about the size)

"My permission ? Yes of course,the man who gave it to me will be OK anyway. His dad was a mechanical crew chief on the carrier deck "La Fayette". Pics were taken during the 50's , but he did not mentioned if it was during the Indochina war. If you look attentively the first one,the pilot,in the plane ( in the elevator) seems to be dead !"
 

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any ideas what the little man emblems under the bombs (first pic) mean?
 
Ah. Looks like there was no forward momentum, very minimumal damage to the aileron and the elevator is typically located starboard aft, so would have been out of the "normal" landing and behind the barrier. Looks like a handling accident and the pilot is checking electrical/fuel settings to avoid a possible fire.

And that's my version of unreality based upon a fraction of a second snapshot in the fog of war. :dontknow:
 
Ah. Looks like there was no forward momentum, very minimumal damage to the aileron and the elevator is typically located starboard aft, so would have been out of the "normal" landing and behind the barrier. Looks like a handling accident and the pilot is checking electrical/fuel settings to avoid a possible fire.

And that's my version of unreality based upon a fraction of a second snapshot in the fog of war. :dontknow:

Yes, and if you look closely, it looks like the shoulder straps of his harness are hanging outside of the cockpit. It looks like he was in the process of unbuckling. Not something a dead man would do.
 

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