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Originally Posted by Daniël
Really?! I think it is almost impossible to go fly home with half of the wing torn off on a combat mission with a lot of flak.
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Apparently not...there are some other famous examples like an Israeli F-15 in more recent years...
In this case the pilot (alone) was able to come back and successfully ditched the plane besides his carrier.
He was alone because the other crew members bailed out in the area of Chi Chi Jima island where the aircraft was damaged due to air-to-air collision with another Avenger which had just lost a complete wing destroyed by the heavy flak.
The unfortunate crew members were beheaded by the island garrison troops...
JV