Keywords: F2A Thach accident USS Saratoga (CV-3) 1940.jpg On 19 March 1940 U S Navy Lt John Smith Jimmy Thach tipped this Brewster F2A-1 Buffalo BuNo 1393 onto its nose on the flight deck of the circraft carrier USS Saratoga CV-3 Ensign Edward Butch O'Hare also flew this aircraft several times during the summer and fall of 1940 http //broadcast illuminatedtech com/pages/aircraft_feature/f2anose jpg broadcast illuminatedtech com 1940-03-19 USN; Felix c wikipedia en 2006 06 25 original upload date PD-USGov-Military-Navy Original upload log page en wikipedia F2A1_Thach_Saratoga jpg 2006-06-25 01 05 Felix c 576×453× 66164 bytes <nowiki>On 19 March 1940 Lt John Smith Jimmy Thach tipped this Brewster F2A-1 Buffalo Bureau Number 1393 onto its nose on the Saratoga's deck Ensign Edward Butch O'Hare also flew this aircraft several times during the summer and fall of 1940 http //</nowiki> Brewster F2A Buffalo Aboard USS Saratoga CV-3 Aircraft accidents aboard aircraft carriers John S Thach |