A vintage WWII fighter plane crashed into the Hudson River Friday night and the pilot’s body was pulled from the wreckage about three hours later.The P-47 Thunderbolt suffered a possible mechanical failure at about 7:30 p.m. and went into the river near the Intrepid Museum at West 46th Street, cops said.
The pilot was later identified as 56-year-old Bill Gordon of Key West, Fla.
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