Obscure aircraft discovery goes on...

[IceFire]

I consider myself to know a lot about a lot of different types of WWII aircraft but on occasion I find myself seeing a picture of something and having no idea what it is.

Tonight I found myself having one such occasion when someone sent me this picture...



Never seen these before...

So I eventually found out what they are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_FR_Fireball

Mixed jet and propeller aircraft with 66 made and one squadron operational before the end of WWII but with no combat record. Fascinating!