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If you Landed on the Wrong Carrier During WW2
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apparently it didn't matter. they still graffitied your plane if you landed on the wrong one
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What happens if a naval aviator accidentally lands on the wrong carrier?
Don Stante, Principle Chief Engineer, Aerospace Answered 1 year ago ·
Hahaha, Actually, quite a few pilots have landed on the wrong carrier. It’s not that hard to do. When that happens, US Naval tradition dictates that the crew members do their absolute best to remain discreet and not embarrass the pilot.
But what actually happens is the ship’s crew take advantage of the pilot's navigational error, and make sure their mistake does not go unnoticed by properly branding the visiting aircraft before departure. Imagine returning to your Boat with all the markings of your misadventure displayed on your aircraft.
Similar branding occurs to aircraft visiting a Navy or Marine Corps air station from a different branch of service (the worst), or even a different squadron. Same model aircraft from different branch visiting a Navy or Marin Corps air station can also find that some of the components on their aircraft changed overnight. Good tires have become baled, batteries flat, radios inop., etc., you get the picture.
A training squadron I was assigned to had helicopters that were painted gloss green. The neighboring squadron had identical aircraft with flat green paint. There were several times while performing preflight inspections that I noted my aircraft had a flat green door or panel. Apparently those parts had issues and were swapped with parts from the other squadrons aircraft.
Don Stante, Principle Chief Engineer, Aerospace Answered 1 year ago ·
Hahaha, Actually, quite a few pilots have landed on the wrong carrier. It’s not that hard to do. When that happens, US Naval tradition dictates that the crew members do their absolute best to remain discreet and not embarrass the pilot.
But what actually happens is the ship’s crew take advantage of the pilot's navigational error, and make sure their mistake does not go unnoticed by properly branding the visiting aircraft before departure. Imagine returning to your Boat with all the markings of your misadventure displayed on your aircraft.
Similar branding occurs to aircraft visiting a Navy or Marine Corps air station from a different branch of service (the worst), or even a different squadron. Same model aircraft from different branch visiting a Navy or Marin Corps air station can also find that some of the components on their aircraft changed overnight. Good tires have become baled, batteries flat, radios inop., etc., you get the picture.
A training squadron I was assigned to had helicopters that were painted gloss green. The neighboring squadron had identical aircraft with flat green paint. There were several times while performing preflight inspections that I noted my aircraft had a flat green door or panel. Apparently those parts had issues and were swapped with parts from the other squadrons aircraft.
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Apparently he not only landed on the wrong carrier, but he did it after traveling through a tear in the fabric of time. Didn't see anything like that in my WWII studies.
