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Page 71 text:
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OPERATIUNAL CASUALTY The operation ot an aircraft carrier. quite aside from dangers from the enemy. is an exacting and hazardous job. The routine landing and launching of aircraft is full of risks--a broken tail wheel. a snapping cable. a hook that fails to catch, a brake that locks. a motor that stalls. a pilot that misiudges-and always. above them all, the danger oi tire. The Lexington is proud of the high proportion of her planes that have been launched and landed safely. Llike any other carrier. however. she has had her share ol accidents. On February 21, l945. a Hellcat. back from a routine hop. came aboard with a belly tank hall-lull. When he caught a wire and jerked to a stop. the tank broke loose from its fastenings and burst open under the still-whirling propellor. What ensued is shown in the pictures that follow. 'wiv fault! V 114 s . f . . , f .. Z7 A: , ,X ff . ': M Q His propellor strikes a spark on the tank . . He makes a rough landing I U He is ablaze! . . . The Pilot Wfesnes with his safety straps ' ' l
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The nose is adjusted on a rocket before the first Tokyo strike. Lunch for the flight deck crew ig brought up on the bomb These high-SPe9d Pfolefffiles did damage out Of dll PY0' elevator. By the end of the war, the ship remained at portion to their size. G.Q. all day during strike days. and the crew was served hot food at special topside feeding stations. A S 'lf T if - wing is partly folded. n e on 0 yo' His n FSF is respotted after the first t ,V 4-3 ' 0? ns 4' ,A We , 44 ,,s 1 . PU ff fr .4 , no ,N fl igim' ,V i A 4 I um 0 l l Q, U l
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He vaults from his hot seat . 'N-Rf'-. 'W 'Q 11 .-,,,,, And runs along the wing of his plcme to safety i
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