File:FR-1 takeoff CVE-115 1946.jpg
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| Description | A Ryan FR-1 Fireball of fighter squadron VF-41 Firebirds taking off from the escort carrier USS Bairoko (CVE-115) in during a deployment to the Western Pacific in 1946. Note the "G-symbol" identifying Bairoko´s planes, in this case a white tail with two yellow vertical stripes in front. As these geometric were hard to remember and describe they were replaced by letters in 7 November 1946. |
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| Source | U.S. Navy sailor or employee [1] |
| Author | Lawrence B. Massey, SM2C, USN |
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| current | 17:49, 3 May 2024 | | 793 × 588 (21 KB) | Don-vip (talk | contribs) | Cropped 1 % horizontally, 2 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode. |
| 22:56, 4 February 2008 |  | 800 × 600 (27 KB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=A Ryan FR-1 ''Fireball'' of fighter squadron VF-41 ''Firebirds'' taking off from the escort carrier ''USS Bairoko (CVE-115)'' in during a deployment to the Western Pacific in 1946. Note the "G-symbol" identifying ''Bairoko''´s |
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