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The Arsenal VG 90 was a carrier-based fighter aircraft built in France in 1949 but which was not developed past the prototype stage. It was to compete against the SNCAC NC 1080 and Nord N.2200 for an Aéronavale contract but both VG 90 prototypes were destroyed in fatal crashes early in the development programme. The first crash occurred on 25 May 1950 when an undercarriage door tore off in flight and struck the aircraft’s tail. Pilot Pierre Decroo was killed in the crash.