It was not a fighter (like, say a P-51), but rather like a bomber (consider a B-24).
My point is he was killed in a secret mission in France. I’m not as savvy as you as to what is a fighter plane and what isn’t. He died serving his country for whatever good that does us now in the position we’re currently in now.
The aircraft was a PB4Y-1, a Navy version of a B24J loaded with 22,000 lbs of Torpex. The aircraft was a remote controlled drone that Kennedy was supposed to parachute from prior to it being crashed into a German V-2 site. The aircraft detonated prematurely and no bodies were ever recovered.