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[[Image:TMofTFL_poster.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none|<i>The Men of the Fighting Lady </i> movie poster.]] | [[Image:TMofTFL_poster.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none|<i>The Men of the Fighting Lady </i> movie poster.]] | ||
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<i>The Men of the Fighting Lady</i> 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 for a landing (played by Dewey Martin). | <i>The Men of the Fighting Lady</i> 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 for a landing (played by Dewey Martin). | ||
| − | == [[:Category: Vought F4U Corsair|Vought F4U | + | == [[:Category: Vought F4U Corsair|Vought F4U Corsair]] == |
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== [[:Category: Grumman F9F Panther|Grumman F9F Panther]] == | == [[:Category: Grumman F9F Panther|Grumman F9F Panther]] == | ||
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Aircrafts of VF-192 (Golden Dragons) code B. | Aircrafts of VF-192 (Golden Dragons) code B. | ||
[[Image:TMofTFL F9Fa.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:TMofTFL F9Fa.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | ||
[[Image:TMofTFL_F9Fd-DV.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:TMofTFL_F9Fd-DV.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | 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 mishap aboard the USS Midway (CV-41).<br> | ||
[[Image:TMofTFL F9Fe.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:TMofTFL F9Fe.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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Movie (1954)
Aka : Panther Squadron
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 for a landing (played by Dewey Martin).
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 mishap aboard the USS Midway (CV-41).
North American FJ-2 Fury
From the trailer (awaiting a movie screenshot).
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