Crewmen aboard HMS Formidable pushing a damaged Corsair fighter which had just landed, off Norway, Aug 1944. Note the prop with one blade badly bent.

Caption     Crewmen aboard HMS Formidable pushing a damaged Corsair fighter which had just landed, off Norway, Aug 1944. Note the prop with one blade badly bent. ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseImperial War Museum
Identification Code   A 25449
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F4U Corsair   Main article  Photos  
Formidable   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 783 x 597 pixels
Photos at Same Place Norwegian Sea, Atlantic Ocean
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  According to the United Kingdom National Archives, Crown copyright material that has been created prior to 1 Jun 1957 is considered to be in the public domain.

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1. James Wayman Edwards says:
9 Aug 2020 10:13:03 AM

Damaged aircraft were just dumped over the side

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