This Wildcat has gone over the side of the USS Charger (CVE-30) on 28 March 1943 but has become entangled in the catwalk. Charger served in the Atlantic, primarily as a training carrier. The pilot can be seen climbing up the starboard side of the aircraft. Note the stenciling on his seat cushion still in the cockpit. The pilot survived with scratches only.

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Lucky escape

British bomber Handley Page HP.52 "Hampden" simulates an attack on the American battleship "South Dakota" (BB-57) in the Atlantic. - Battleships in the background: on the right - American "Alabama" (BB-60) and the English "Duke of York" (HMS "Duke of York"). In the foreground are American anti-aircraft Navy gunners with 20-mm anti-aircraft guns Mk.2 / 3/4.

Simulated attack on ships

American soldiers wounded during the Normandy landings are evacuated in an LCM landing craft; June 1944.
