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Ensign Ardon Rector Ives escaped from his  A dogfight, or dog fight, is an aerial battle between fighter aircraft conducted at close range. Modern terminology for air-to-air combat is air combat manoeuvring (ACM), which refers to tactical situations requiring the use of individual basic fighter maneuvers (BFM) to attack or evade one or more opponents. This differs from aerial warfare, which deals with the strategy involved in planning and executing various missions. F6F-5 Hellcat #23 & Ensign Ardon R. Ives served as a fighter pilot in VBF-9 United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II. He survived this crash aboard the USS Lexington on February 25, 1945, but was killed in a dogfight with Japanese fighters on May 22 of the same year. Ardon Rector Ives (Rockford, Kent County Michigan) appears to be calmly unbuckling his seat belt to escape from his burning Grumman F6F-5 "Hellcat" of VF-9 (Fighter Squadron 9) of the US Navy. The Hellcat burst into flames when it hit...