Curiosities 13 - Oops! Wrong Landing

João Henrique Barboza Jorgetto • Jun 16, 2023

Look at this photo and tell me, what do you think happened?

This F2H-2P Banshee belonged to the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea but accidentally confused the ship with the aircraft carrier USS Wasp and landed on the wrong ship. As US Navy tradition dictates, it is customary to graffiti the careless pilot's plane. As if this joke of having his plane painted over with jokes about his mistake was not enough, the pilot still had to put up with the jokes of the sailors of the two aircraft carriers.

Check out other images of planes that missed the nest!

Here's a tip, if one day you become a jet pilot for the US Navy, never, under any circumstances, make that mistake.