![Ensign Byron Johnson's F6F-3 Hellcat crash landed on Enterprise, 10 Nov 1943 [Colorized by WW2DB]](/images/ai/20230224/air_hellcat7.jpg)
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| Caption | Ensign Byron Johnson's F6F-3 Hellcat crash landed on Enterprise, 10 Nov 1943 [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase | ||||||||
| Colorization Note | This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors. Processed using Adobe Photoshop Image Processor, with default neural filter, selecting "None" as the profile. View the original black and white photograph at its own permanent page. | ||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||
| Identification Code | 80-G-205473 | ||||||||
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| Photo Size | 1,450 x 1,080 pixels | ||||||||
| Photos on Same Day | 10 Nov 1943 | ||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Pacific Ocean | ||||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
| Colorized Date | 24 Feb 2023 | ||||||||
| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Fernando says:
26 Jun 2011 08:20:08 AM
Well, footage of that crash has been watched in documentaries a lot. I always thought the pilot had dead.
26 Jun 2011 08:20:08 AM
Well, footage of that crash has been watched in documentaries a lot. I always thought the pilot had dead.
3. Rigs says:
10 Nov 2013 01:28:49 PM
Is that a bomb or a fuel tank he's stepping on to get to the pilot?!? That takes some serious guts to do that with fire all around!
10 Nov 2013 01:28:49 PM
Is that a bomb or a fuel tank he's stepping on to get to the pilot?!? That takes some serious guts to do that with fire all around!
4. Lee says:
10 Nov 2013 05:12:01 PM
Rigs, that is a droppable fuel tank. Still take some extra guts to do that.
10 Nov 2013 05:12:01 PM
Rigs, that is a droppable fuel tank. Still take some extra guts to do that.
5. Robby Dedlow says:
20 May 2014 07:44:58 AM
I actually got to meet the pilot, Byron Johnson. Very unassuming and humble. He lived in the same VA home as my grandfather in Gering, Nebraska and was one of my grandfather's best friends. After he walked away from our first meeting my dad told me he was an ace. When I brought it up to him the next time I saw him he acted like it was nothing but his duty. Truly a man worthy of the his the moniker "greatest generation."
20 May 2014 07:44:58 AM
I actually got to meet the pilot, Byron Johnson. Very unassuming and humble. He lived in the same VA home as my grandfather in Gering, Nebraska and was one of my grandfather's best friends. After he walked away from our first meeting my dad told me he was an ace. When I brought it up to him the next time I saw him he acted like it was nothing but his duty. Truly a man worthy of the his the moniker "greatest generation."
6. 
David Stubblebine says:
23 Mar 2019 03:46:14 PM
Enterprise had departed Pearl Harbor earlier that same day and this crash took place as part of the Air Group’s flight exercises, about 45 miles southwest of Barbers point, Oahu, Hawaii.
David Stubblebine says:23 Mar 2019 03:46:14 PM
Enterprise had departed Pearl Harbor earlier that same day and this crash took place as part of the Air Group’s flight exercises, about 45 miles southwest of Barbers point, Oahu, Hawaii.
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Lt. Walter Chewning, the catapult officer, is seen climbing aboard the stricken Hellcat to rescue Ensign Johnson of naval squadron VF-2 in this incident near the Gilbert Islands. Ensign Johnson would later become an ace, with eight kills.