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NH 80773 Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighter

Photo #: NH 80773 Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighter
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Title: Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighter
Description: Photo #: NH 80773 Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk fighter (Bureau # 9059) Inside the airplane hangar of USS Akron (ZRS-4), 1932. Part of the airplane handling system is visible above the plane. Another Sparrowhawk, in flight, is partially visible through the airship's hangar opening, at the bottom of the view. Courtesy of Richard K. Smith, author of the book The Airships Akron & Macon, 1974. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 80773
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