History: Ensign Ardon R. Ives of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-9 makes a narrow escape after he crashed his F6F-5 Hellcat through the barrier on USS Lexington (CV-16) and ruptured the center-line fuel tank, Feb 1945 [2824 x 2280]

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