The USS Enterprise conducted flight training when steaming from Hawaii to Tonga on 15 Jul 1942. Here an F4F-4 Wildcat fighter crashed into the sea when approaching the carrier for a landing; pilot rescued.

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Caption     The USS Enterprise conducted flight training when steaming from Hawaii to Tonga on 15 Jul 1942. Here an F4F-4 Wildcat fighter crashed into the sea when approaching the carrier for a landing; pilot rescued. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Pacific Ocean
Date 15 Jul 1942
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Added By David Stubblebine
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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Anonymous says:
20 Jul 2022 11:15:18 PM

Gotta be a mistake. More then likely an F4F Wildcat Fighter. The F6F didn’t see service in the Pacific until 1943:
2. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
21 Jul 2022 12:50:03 PM

Anonymous (above):
I have researched this more thoroughly and found out that you are not only completely correct, but that the aircraft was an F4F-4 with BuNo 5149 piloted by enlisted Aviation Pilot 1st-class H.M. O’Leary and that the cause of the crash was a failure in the propeller pitch mechanism. The Enterprise aircraft compliment at the time being 35 F4F-4s, 27 SBDs (including 9 SBD-3s), and 17 TBD-1s. This photo caption has been corrected and thank you for pointing this out.

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