File:FR-1 Fireball engines off.jpg

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Description 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 turned off. Part of a NATC aircraft (C-47?) is visible in the foreground.
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Source U.S. Centennial of Flight website [1], credits this photo as U.S. Navy photo.
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current15:11, 16 May 2008Thumbnail for version as of 15:11, 16 May 2008478 × 644 (70 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)
15:44, 25 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 15:44, 25 March 2006223 × 281 (11 KB)Chile1853~commonswiki (talk | contribs)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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