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cardboard_killer
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[80 years ago today] "A Vought-Sikorsky XPBS flying boat transporting Admiral Chester Nimitz to San Francisco strikes a log and crashes upon landing off Alameda, California. Nimitz suffers scratches and abrasions in the mishap but remains topside on the wreckage to direct rescue operations, refusing to leave until the sunken flying boat has been searched for survivors. One member of the flight crew is lost.

 

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Vought-Sikorsky XPBS-1

 

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Wreckage of Nimitz XPBS-1"

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