US Navy squadron VF-66 commanding officer Lieutenant Commander John Gray posing with a FR-1 Fireball fighter, Naval Air Station North Island, California, United States, 1945

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Caption     US Navy squadron VF-66 commanding officer Lieutenant Commander John Gray posing with a FR-1 Fireball fighter, Naval Air Station North Island, California, United States, 1945 ww2dbase
Date  1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation
Identification Code   1996.245.005
 
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Photo Size 2,127 x 1,641 pixels



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1. nord whited says:
28 Sep 2013 08:27:32 PM

The gentleman in the photo is not John Gray, who was my C.O. in VF66 in 1945. John was killed in an accident with Fireball later that year.

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