[Chuckster]

oh no here comes McCain in for another landing....

Wrong war. I believe ichabod1 identified the pilot as GHW Bush.

Joking aside, we could probably identify the pilot, given the markings on the plane, etc. if anyone wants to take the trouble.

[Porkchop]

***Wrong war. I believe ichabod1 identified the pilot as GHW Bush.

Joking aside, we could probably identify the pilot, given the markings on the plane, etc. if anyone wants to take the trouble.

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I don’t think that it was GHW Bush, he was a TBF Avenger pilot. The aircraft crashing into the island looks to be a F6F Hellcat.

TBF Avenger
https://www.flightjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Avenger-640x300.jpg

F6F Hellcat
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nnam/explore/collections/aircraft/f/f6f-3-hellcat/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1597273813770.jpg