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- PublisherSteve Ginter
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0942612574
- ISBN 13 9780942612578
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages88
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Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket: 57 (Naval Fighters)
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Ginter Books
(1997)
ISBN 10: 0942612574
ISBN 13: 9780942612578
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