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Ditching Planes in Long Island Sound

Ditching Planes in Long Island Sound               Early summer through late fall of 1946, occasionally photographs were in the New York’s daily newspapers of Navy fighter aircraft having to ditch in the water off the south shore of Long Island due to engine trouble. The pilot always escaped unharmed by swimming or wading ashore [...]

11Jun2009 | Wayne Harding | 1 comment | Continued