The Snapshots in Time Collection
F4U Corsairs on USS Boxer Flight Deck During Water Rescue, 19 May 1951
F4U Corsair fighters sit on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Boxer while a plane-guard helicopter hovers over the water during a rescue, 19 May 1951. The handwritten caption notes that a pilot had just crashed near the helicopter -- a vivid, firsthand record of the routine hazards of carrier flight operations during the Korean War. Project: 218141