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A Grumman Avenger of 857 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm returned from one of the strikes against the Sakishima Islands and landed on with only one wheel down to make an almost perfect landing on board HMS INDOMITABLE. The aircraft was only slightly damaged. These operations were in support of the American invasion of Okinawa.}}

A Grumman Avenger of 857 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm returned from one of the strikes against the Sakishima Islands and landed on with only one wheel down to make an almost perfect landing on board HMS INDOMITABLE. The aircraft was only slightly damaged. These operations were in support of the American invasion of Okinawa.}}

|author = Royal Navy official photographer

|author = Royal Navy official photographer
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|date = (Second World War)
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|date = {{between|1942|1945}}

|source = http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//31/media-31149/large.jpg

|source = http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//31/media-31149/large.jpg

|catalogue_number =A 29171

|catalogue_number =A 29171

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