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After war erupted in the Pacific, the Grumman F4F Wildcat was the primary fighter aircraft operated by the United States Navy and the Marine Corps. By 1942 every American Navy fighter squadron flew ...
The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a formidable fighter aircraft that played a pivotal role in the United States’ victory in the Pacific during World War II. Known for its robust design and unmatched ...
Working on the Homefront, 1942-45" exhibit features about 50 photographs of workers at Grumman, Sperry, Republic and Liberty.
When the Grumman F4F Wildcat entered service in 1940, no one would have predicted that by the end of World War II it would have an air combat kill-to-loss ratio of 6.9:1.
The U.S. Navy at the time was phasing in the Grumman F4F Wildcat at the expense of the infamously awful F2A Buffalo. The tubby-looking Wildcat was heavier at 2.5 to 3 tons and had a range slightly ...
Object Details Manufacturer Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation Physical Description Two metal connecting wire for wing fold Summary Leroy Grumman's F4F Wildcat was not the fastest or most ...
Grumman has built some venerable seaplanes—think Goose, Albatross, Mallard, and Widgeon—but it ran aground when it put a portly F4F-3 Wildcat on floats and called it an F4F-3S seaplane fighter ...
The planes -- a Grumman F4F Wildcat, a Grumman F8F Bearcat, a Grumman F7F Tigercat and a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber -- stopped in Jefferson City on their way home to San Antonio, ...
News, Reviews, Release Date, Trailers, Gameplay and more for Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Grumman F4F Wildcat & Martlet ...