Men of the Fighting Lady

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The Men of the Fighting Lady is a 1954 Korean War drama film starring Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Keenan Wynn, and directed by Andrew Marton. The screenplay is written by Harry A. Burns.

The film 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).

Grumman F9F Panther

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).

Full story of the George Duncan's F9F mishap at Check-Six.com

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