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Description A U.S. Navy FR-1 Fireball of fighter squadron VF-66 at Naval Air Station North Island, California (USA), in 1945. This aircraft was assigned to the squadron CO, LCdr John Gray, who was later killed in a mid-air collision involving two FR-1s.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.245.005 [1]
Author U.S. Navy

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