Crews check on pilot Ens John E Hood in his FM-2 Wildcat after a hard landing aboard training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. Note bent propeller blades.

Caption     Crews check on pilot Ens John E Hood in his FM-2 Wildcat after a hard landing aboard training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. Note bent propeller blades. ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
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F4F Wildcat   Main article  Photos  
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Photo Size 1,024 x 796 pixels
Photos at Same Place Lake Michigan, United States
Added By David Stubblebine
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1. John P Hood says:
10 Jul 2015 11:32:36 AM

This is my father, he related a story about breaking his nose on
a carrier landing in Lake Michigan. I now see how that happened.
Thank you for posting this photo, my family has not seen before.
Sadly he past away May 2011 at 90, he would have loved this photo.

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