Keywords: Ryan FR-1 with bomb NAS North Island 1945.jpg A U S Navy FR-1 Fireball of fighter squadron VF-66 at Naval Air Station North Island California USA in 1945 In front of his airplane stands the squadron CO LCdr John Gray who was later killed in a mid-air collision involving two FR-1s U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 245 005 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 16026014 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16036785 1945 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Ryan FR Fireball Naval Air Station North Island in the 1940s United States naval aviators |