2nd Cruise events

 

A spectacular jet crash occurred on 31 March, when a F2H-3 Banshee came in too low and crashed at the beginning of the flight deck. Breaking in two, resulting in a huge fireball, the forward half of the jet skipped across the flightdeck, trailing fire and debris (photo on the right - found on the internet without source). Fire fighters got immediately to the scene and the pilot climbed out of the cockpit unharmed. In this photo lot the aftermath is photographed when this F2H was discarded overboard by the carrier crew into the sea.


In 1954 the USS Oriskany was used for the movie "The Bridges at Toki-Ri" which resulted in color video recordings of carrier operations still easy accessible today - like the screenshot below right with "Golden Dragons" F9F Panthers.