Vice Admiral Arthur W. Radford talks with test Pilot Lt. Comdr. J. J. Davidson and Vice Admiral Gerald F. Bogan before Lt. Comdr. Davidson is launched in a Phantom jet off the deck of USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. Photo released July 22, 1946.
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