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The Men of the Fighting Lady movie poster.

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 (BuAer Num. 125228).

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.

Serial 7.

Serial 37.

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 [[Image:TMofTFL_F9Ff.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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+== [[:Category: North American FJ-1 Fury|North American FJ-1 Fury]] ==
+Crash of a North American FJ-1 Fury from VF-51 on USS "Boxer" (CV-21).
+[[Image:TMofTFL_FJ-1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+== [[:Category: Douglas DC-6|Douglas DC-6B]] ==
+[[Image:TMofTFL_DC-6B.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 == [[:Category: North American FJ Fury|North American FJ-2 Fury]] ==
 From the trailer (awaiting a movie screenshot).
 [[Image:TMofTFL FJ-2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+== [[:Category: Vought F7U Cutlass|Vought F7U Cutlass]] ==
+Behind the crash barricade.<br>From the trailer (awaiting a movie screenshot).
+[[Image:TMofTFL_Vought-F7U.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+== [[:Category: Sikorsky H-5|Sikorsky HO3S-1]] ==
+U.S. Navy HO3S-1 used for rescue task.
+[[Image:TMofTFL_HO3S.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[Image:TMofTFL_HO3S-7.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Serial 7.]]
+[[Image:TMofTFL_HO3S-37.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Serial 37.]]
 {{footnote}}
 == See also ==
-* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047230 The Men of the Fighting Lady at IMDb]
+* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047230 Men of the Fighting Lady at IMDb]
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_of_the_Fighting_Lady The Men of the Fighting Lady at Wikipedia]
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_of_the_Fighting_Lady Men of the Fighting Lady at Wikipedia]
+* [http://imcdb.org/movie.php?id=47230 Men of the Fighting Lady at IMCDb]
 [[Category: Douglas A-1 Skyraider]]
+[[Category: Douglas DC-6]]
 [[Category: Grumman F9F Panther]]
 [[Category: McDonnell F2H Banshee]]
 [[Category: North American FJ Fury]]
+[[Category: North American FJ-1 Fury]]
+[[Category: Sikorsky H-5]]
 [[Category: Vought F4U Corsair]]
+[[Category: Vought F7U Cutlass]]