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I believe this is the aircraft in question.
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That's the one! (But isn't that the same photo I posted at the top?)
mikephillips
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Obviously wasn't paying enough attention. The looks of the two carriers all through their careers was so different, not to mention the deck numbers, that he should have been able to easily identify one from the other.
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I couldn't see a photo in your original post, so I was a little confused by the post.
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That was a Navy tradition -- if a plane accidentally landed on the wrong carrier, it was open season to provide a "custom paint job" for the plane before it returned to the other carrier. Planes that had received battle damage or were coming in with wounded/injured crew were exempt. I'm not sure how long the tradition continued, or if it is practiced to this day, with only 10 carriers in the fleet, it is a rare event when more than one carrier are operating close enough to each other for these kinds of mistakes to happen. I believe we currently have the fewest number of carriers in commission since late 1942 - early 1943.
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I had a good friend who was Hair Farce from before WWII and stayed in 25 or 30.
Flew primarily B-26 Marauders in South Pacific during the war.
Told me some carrier stories...on funny, one could have been bad.
Bad one was a C-47 (DC-3) Marines flying wounded back from one of the island campaigns.
Lost an engine and as loaded as they were were looking for a place to set down.
There was a carrier. Asked permission to land with wounded aboard..denied. In fact, should you try, you will be shot down.
Word got rapidly to the Marine contingent aboard, who suddenly appeared, full dress and armed, in the Bridge, and just stood there, filling the bridge.
Plane came in, caught the net, wounded evacuated, pilot went back in to get his logs, felt the craft lurching a bit, ran back to the hatch, saw a wheeled vehicle was pushing the airplane over the side and jumped just as it went over, landing on the edge of the flight deck.
Marines disappeared from the Bridge, nothing ever said.
Other was B-29's. Apparently, when out of bombs, ammo and most of their fuel, they are quite agile.
Got to be a game on their way back from the Zero Land to get in the landing pattern of a carrier, and do a buzz job over the flight deck.
Nimitz issued a decree that any B-29's in the pattern would be shot down..and the practice ceased.
Flew primarily B-26 Marauders in South Pacific during the war.
Told me some carrier stories...on funny, one could have been bad.
Bad one was a C-47 (DC-3) Marines flying wounded back from one of the island campaigns.
Lost an engine and as loaded as they were were looking for a place to set down.
There was a carrier. Asked permission to land with wounded aboard..denied. In fact, should you try, you will be shot down.
Word got rapidly to the Marine contingent aboard, who suddenly appeared, full dress and armed, in the Bridge, and just stood there, filling the bridge.
Plane came in, caught the net, wounded evacuated, pilot went back in to get his logs, felt the craft lurching a bit, ran back to the hatch, saw a wheeled vehicle was pushing the airplane over the side and jumped just as it went over, landing on the edge of the flight deck.
Marines disappeared from the Bridge, nothing ever said.
Other was B-29's. Apparently, when out of bombs, ammo and most of their fuel, they are quite agile.
Got to be a game on their way back from the Zero Land to get in the landing pattern of a carrier, and do a buzz job over the flight deck.
Nimitz issued a decree that any B-29's in the pattern would be shot down..and the practice ceased.