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Old 01-24-2008, 18:37 PM   #149 (permalink)
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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.
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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