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After having a shell hole in his fusilage behind the cockpit, Lt. Reed crash landed a F4U Corsair. The tail hook and back of plane ripped off and remained at the end of deck, while the rest of plane raced down the flight deck and a wing crashed into a gun turret. - July 24, 1945

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USS Shangri-La (CV-38) during WWII
After having a shell hole in his fusilage behind the cockpit, Lt. Reed crash landed a F4U Corsair. The tail hook and back of plane ripped off and remained at the end of deck, while the rest of plane raced down the flight deck and a wing crashed into a gun turret. - July 24, 1945
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