Image:FR-1 Fireball engines off.jpg
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Ryan FR-1 Fireballs of fighter squadron VF-1E Firebirds assigned to the escort carrier USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) in 1947. The Ryan FR Fireball was a composite propeller and jet powered aircraft designed for the United States Navy during the Second World War. Note that the FR-1s are flying on jet power only with propeller engines truned off. Part of a NATC aircraft (C-47?) is vivble in the foreground. |
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U.S. Centennial of Flight website [1], credits this photo as U.S. Navy photo. |
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1947 |
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USN |
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This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. |
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| current | 15:11, 16 May 2008 | 478×644 (70 KB) | Cobatfor | |
| 15:44, 25 March 2006 | 223×281 (11 KB) | Chile1853 | (Ryan Ryan FR-1 Fireball, US-fighter 1944 (Mixed-power aircraft) The Ryan FR Fireball was a composite propeller and jet powered aircraft designed for the United States Navy during World War II. FR-1 Fireballs with propeller engines off. US Navy photos,) |
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