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Caption: File number: 205471 Released: January 18, 1945 DEATH FLEES THE CATWALK: NAVY PILOT ESCAPES FROM FLAMING PLANE - In a spectacular crash landing, caused when the tail hook of a Grumman HELLCAT caught a wire on a waveoff after a bad approach, pilot Ensign Byron Johnson of Potter, Neb., was aided out of his burning plane by Lt. Walter Chewning, Jr., USNR, of Philadelphia, Pa. Tripped by its hook, the plane veered over and nosed into the catwalk as Ensign Johnson attempted to give it the gun upon his return to the USS ENTERPRISE after a flight over the Pacific. The impact stunned Johnson, and quick action by Lt. Chewning saved him from death or serious burns when the auxiliary belly tank ruptured and burst into flame. In this photograph, first of the series, the HELLCAT banks to ascend for another landing. (NOTE: See File Numbers: 205480, 205473, 205474, 205479)