Men of the Fighting Lady
Movie (1954)
Aka : Panther Squadron
French title: Escadrille panthère
Starring:
Van Johnson (Lieutenant (jg) Howard Thayer)
Walter Pidgeon (Commander Kent Dowling)
Louis Calhern (James A. Michener)
Dewey Martin (Ensign Kenneth Schechter)
The Men of the Fighting Lady was based on the novels The Case of the Blinded Pilot by Cmdr. Harry A. Burns and James A. Michener's The Forgotten Heroes of Korea, and details life aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. The film's high point is the factually depicted scene where Thayer (Johnson) talks in a blinded Navy F9F Panther pilot (played by Dewey Martin) for a landing.
Douglas AD-1 Skyraider
Vought F4U Corsair
This could be a F4U-4 or a F4U-5 or the AU-1 (the ground-attack version) variant.
McDonnell F2H Banshee
Grumman F9F Panther
Aircrafts of VF-192 (Golden Dragons) code B.
Aircrafts of VF-123 code D.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Film footage of this accident was used as the demise of Keenan Wynn's Lt. Cdr. Ted Dodson - completed with footage of a 1951 Grumman F9F (BuAer Num. 125228) mishap aboard the USS Midway (CV-41).
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Grumman F9F-5 Panther
Grumman F9F-5 Panther, BuAer. Num. 126172.
North American FJ-1 Fury
Crash of a North American FJ-1 Fury from VF-51 on USS "Boxer" (CV-21).
Douglas DC-6B
North American FJ-2 Fury
From the trailer (awaiting a movie screenshot).
Vought F7U Cutlass
Behind the crash barricade.
From the trailer (awaiting a movie screenshot).
Sikorsky HO3S-1
U.S. Navy HO3S-1 used for rescue task.
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