Crash Landing
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Crash Landing
[part 2 in a series of 5 depicting F4F4 failed launch from carrier]
ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions printed in ink on verso: File No: AM-CA-6-13864 November 30, 1942/
CRASH LANDING- A cable parted while this F4F4 was being launched from a catapult/ and left the U.S. Marine Corps pilot helpless. Under its own power, the plane made/ a short deck run, slowly picked up speed and launched itself with an air speed of/ about 30 knots. What happened is told in a series of five pictures:/
2- Hitting the water nose first, the plane buried itself deep in the waves, then/ recovered to float high on the surface. (9)/
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
No objection to reproducing or publishing/ this photograph provided credit line/ "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/ is used/ This photograph may be used for commercial/ advertising if accompanying copy and layout are/ submitted, prior to publication,/ to the OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS/ Photographic Section/ Navy Department/ WASHINGTON, D.C./
CRASH LANDING- A cable parted while this F4F4 was being launched from a catapult/ and left the U.S. Marine Corps pilot helpless. Under its own power, the plane made/ a short deck run, slowly picked up speed and launched itself with an air speed of/ about 30 knots. What happened is told in a series of five pictures:/
2- Hitting the water nose first, the plane buried itself deep in the waves, then/ recovered to float high on the surface. (9)/
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
No objection to reproducing or publishing/ this photograph provided credit line/ "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/ is used/ This photograph may be used for commercial/ advertising if accompanying copy and layout are/ submitted, prior to publication,/ to the OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS/ Photographic Section/ Navy Department/ WASHINGTON, D.C./
