Carrier Plane Explodes In Landing Mishap -- Flames burst forth from exploding gasoline tank in a Navy Hellcat plane as it speeds across deck of a carrier in the Pacific in a landing mishap. Plane missed arresting cable and crashed into island at side of deck. Navy caption states that pilot, Lt. (JG) William G. Bailey of Wilson. S.C., was *****. June 18, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto). ;Carrier Plane Explodes In Landing Mi-Shap -- Flames burst forth from exploding gasoline tank in a Navy Hellcat p