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Description Wooden pieces of the flight deck of the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Solomons (CVE-67) fly around after a Grumman TBF Avenger flown by William F. Chamberlin strikes the ramp on recovery. The pilot and his crew, members of Composite Squadron VC-9, survived this accident, but were killed in action a month later during an attack against a German U-boat.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.1180
Author U.S. Navy

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25 May 1944

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