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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). | ||
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== [[:Category: Vought F4U Corsair|Vought F4U Corsair]] == | == [[:Category: Vought F4U Corsair|Vought F4U Corsair]] == | ||
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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).<br> | 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).<br> | ||
[[Image:TMofTFL F9Fe.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Grumman F9F (BuAer Num. 125228).]] | [[Image:TMofTFL F9Fe.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Grumman F9F (BuAer Num. 125228).]] | ||
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| + | Grumman F9F-5 Panther, BuAer. Num. 126172. | ||
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== [[:Category: North American FJ Fury|North American FJ-2 Fury]] == | == [[:Category: North American FJ Fury|North American FJ-2 Fury]] == | ||
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* [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 The Men of the Fighting Lady at Wikipedia] | ||
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[[Category: Grumman F9F Panther]] | [[Category: Grumman F9F Panther]] | ||
[[Category: McDonnell F2H Banshee]] | [[Category: McDonnell F2H Banshee]] | ||
[[Category: North American FJ Fury]] | [[Category: North American FJ Fury]] | ||
[[Category: Vought F4U Corsair]] | [[Category: Vought F4U Corsair]] | ||
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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).
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).
Grumman F9F-5 Panther
Grumman F9F-5 Panther, BuAer. Num. 126172.
North American FJ-2 Fury
From the trailer (awaiting a movie screenshot).
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