Men of the Fighting Lady
Movie (1954)
Aka : Panther Squadron
Starring:
Van Johnson (Lieutenant (jg) Howard Thayer)
Walter Pidgeon (Commander Kent Dowling)
Louis Calhern (James A. Michener)
Dewey Martin (Ensign Kenneth Schechter)
The Men of the Fighting Lady was based on the novels The Case of the Blinded Pilot by Cmdr. Harry A. Burns and James A. Michener's The Forgotten Heroes of Korea and details life aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. The film's high point is the factually depicted scene where Thayer (Johnson) talks in a blinded Navy F9F Panther pilot for a landing (played by Dewey Martin).
Vought F4U-1D Corsair
McDonnell F2H Banshee
Grumman F9F Panther
Film footage of this accident was used as the demise of Keenan Wynn's Lt. Cdr. Ted Dodson - completed with footage of a 1951 Grumman F9F mishap aboard the USS Midway (CV-41).
Aircrafts of VF-192 (Golden Dragons) code B.
Aircrafts of VF-123 code D.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
North American FJ-2 Fury
From the trailer (awaiting a movie screenshot).
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