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Jack Cook
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This is one possible answer :shock: :? Rule of thumb, the wall of steel will always win :idea:
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F6F-3 VF-2 car quals on the jeep carrier USS Charger 1943

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That'll leave a mark...wait...it already did.
I can't imagne what that felt like, nor what a pilot would have to do to get a chance to try again, in another a/c...
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That accident occurred on
14 August 1943
F6F-3 # 25866
Pilot was
Lt. Charles Harbert

Naval investigators stated:

"Plane made a slow approach and entered a low altitude spin immediately aft of ramp,
hitting ramp and falling on the after searchlight platform."

Lt. Harbert survived that one (to my astonishment).

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F6F Dec 2, 1942 thru Nov 30, 1944


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Location: my home planet is EARTH!
even a spud locker landing...you walk away from is good!

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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.
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