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Originally Posted by GAU-8
P-39?
I know carriers delivered some P-39s but I don't know if they were hoisted aboard or flew aboard. If not a P-39, I'd say the Ryan FR-1 Fireball. It hit (pardon the pun) the fleet in '44-'45.
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Not the P-39 or the FR-1.
It's a pity the US Navy didn't operate the Fireball longer, or adopt the F2R-1 turboprop development. I think those types were fascinating.
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