Saturday, March 15, 2025

View of an overturned Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk alongside USS TOPEKA (CL-67), as crews attach hoists to right the seaplane. Photographed in 1945.

 


3 comments:

  1. Flown by Pete "Maverick" Mitchell's grandfather, documenting the first time he used the family catch phrase "...because I was inverted...".

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  2. Look like a big ol shark they are hoisting up in deck.

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  3. Does the lack of a pontoon on the port side have anything to do with it being sunny side down?

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