Unearthed World War II Pictures Show A Never-Before-Seen Side of History

Burning Plane

Making its way toward Makin Island in the South Pacific on November 10, 1943, this burning plane landed on the USS Enterprise. The plane, a lit Grumman F6F Hellcat (VF-2), narrowly took the life of Lt. Walter L. Chewning, Jr who can be seen climbing down the side of the plane. Chewning climbed up there to help save Ensign Byron M. Johnson, the pilot of the plane. 

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