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NH 84571 Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighter

Photo #: NH 84571 Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighter
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Title: Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighter
Description: Photo #: NH 84571 Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk fighter, with its landing gear removed for airship operations Maneuvers near USS Macon (ZRS-5), while being filmed by Fox Movietone News cameras on 12 October 1934. The plane's pilot was Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Frederick N. Kivette, USN. Courtesy of Richard K. Smith, author of the book The Airships Akron & Macon, 1974. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 84571
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