McDonnell FH Phantom

The McDonnell FH Phantom is a twinjet, straight-wing, carrier-based fighter aircraft designed and first flown during late World War II for the United States Navy. As a first-generation jet fighter, the Phantom was the first purely jet-powered aircraft to land on an American aircraft carrier and the first jet deployed by the United States Marine Corps. Although only 62 FH-1s were built it helped prove the viability of carrier-based jet fighters. As McDonnell's first successful fighter, it led to the development of the follow-on F2H Banshee, which was one of the two most important naval jet fighters of the Korean War; combined, the two established McDonnell as an important supplier of navy aircraft.

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63 produced, 
carrier-capable fighter monoplane with 2 engines, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, United States Navy, 

Aquilon, CF-101 Voodoo, F-16 Block 15 Fighting Falcon, F-16 Block 15OCU Fighting Falcon, F-16 Block 20 Fighting Falcon, F-16A Block 1 Fighting Falcon, F-16CJ Fighting Falcon, F2H-2, F2H-3, FH-1 Phantom, P-12, PW-9, Venom Fighter Bomber, 

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  FH-1 Phantom ⓘ
  1945 fighter aircraft model by McDonnell

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US Navy pilots of VF-17A at NAS Quonset Point in 1947

A destroyed Phantom by Iraqi forces after the air strike on Mehrabad Airport on September 22, 1980

McDonnell XFD-1 The Phantom

USS Saipan (CVL-48) underway at sea, circa in May 1948 (NH 97612)

F6U FH and F2H in flight

Image-Fh1.phantom.750pix

Minneapolis Navy Reserve FH F4U SNJ NAN10-51

McDonnell FH-1 Phantom of VF-17A at Dow Air Force Base, Bangor, Maine (USA), in 1948 (UA 458.14.01)

McDonnell FH-1 Phantom VMF-122 in flight

FH-1 Phantoms of VMF-122 parked c1949

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
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class	aircraft		FH-1 Phantom	McDonnell FH Phantom	Wikidata
commons	image		US Navy pilots of VF-17A at NAS Quonset Point in 1947		Commons
commons	image		A destroyed Phantom by Iraqi forces after the air strike on Mehrabad Airport on September 22, 1980		Commons
commons	image		McDonnell XFD-1 The Phantom		Commons
commons	image		USS Saipan (CVL-48) underway at sea, circa in May 1948 (NH 97612)		Commons
commons	image		F6U FH and F2H in flight		Commons
commons	image		Image-Fh1.phantom.750pix		Commons
commons	image		Minneapolis Navy Reserve FH F4U SNJ NAN10-51		Commons
commons	image		McDonnell FH-1 Phantom of VF-17A at Dow Air Force Base, Bangor, Maine (USA), in 1948 (UA 458.14.01)		Commons
commons	image		McDonnell FH-1 Phantom VMF-122 in flight		Commons
commons	image		FH-1 Phantoms of VMF-122 parked c1949		Commons