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	F4F WILDCAT
		After several modifications the F4F-3 Wildcat surpassed the Buffalo in performance, and Grumman was awarded a contract to replace the Brewster fighter.
		The Wildcat achieved fame in the hands of U.S. Navy and Marine pilots, fighting in such famous battles as the defense of Wake Island, where Capt. Elrod sank the Japanese destroyer Kisargi on Dec. 11, 1941.
		Although later Allied fighters had superior kill-to-loss ratios, people seem to forget that the F4F Wildcat, along with its Army counterpart the P-40 Warhawk, were fighting in the days when the Japanese had superior numbers and the best trained pilots in the world.
	www.chuckhawks.com /f4f.htm (1377 words)

	The Grumman F4F Wildcat
		Procedure was to fly Wildcats in tight groups of three, which limited the Wildcat's maneuverability and left it at a disadvantage against the Zeke.
		It was a welcome improvement: Wildcat pilots were painfully aware of the type's limitations, with Jimmy Thach saying later that its successes against the Zero were mainly due to poor marksmanship and "stupid mistakes" on the part of the enemy, and good piloting skills plus teamwork on the part of the Americans.
		Wildcats operating on antisubmarine patrol in the Atlantic were generally painted in a neat color scheme with white on the bottom and a light "gull gray" on top.
	www.vectorsite.net /avwcat.html (7691 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat / Eastern FM (D Llewellyn James)
		Wildcat was the standard shipboard fighter of the US Navy at the start of the Pacific War.
		At the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942, and at the decisive Battle of Midway 4-6 June 1942, the Wildcat demonstrated that it could fight the Zero on roughly equal terms, even when the Zero was flown by the elite pilots of the Japanese carrier striking force.
		The Grumman F6F Hellcat - successor to the Wildcat
	www.angelfire.com /fm/compass/Wildcat.htm (663 words)

	F4F Wildcat
		At the outbreak of war in the Pacific, the Wildcat held the line as the American fighter pitted against the agile Japanese Zero.
		Serving initially aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Hornet (CV-12), and USS Saratoga (CV-3), the Wildcats fought the significant early battles of the Coral Sea and Midway, and operations at Guadalcanal.
		The Wildcat became the stuff of legend during the early years of the war.
	www.olympicflightmuseum.com /aircraft_gallery/f4f_02.htm (1145 words)

	USN Aircraft--Grumman F4F
		The Grumman F4F was the primary Navy and Marine Corps fighter during the first year and a half of World War II.
		Though the stubby little F4F could not equal the speed and maneuverability of its Japanese counterpart, the "Zero", its rugged construction and superior armament, coupled with well-trained pilots and good tactics, ensured that it generally gave at least "as good as it got" during the crisis months of 1942.
		Marine Corps Grumman F4F "Wildcat" fighter at Henderson Field, 2 February 1943.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/ac-usn22/f-types/f4f.htm (1212 words)

	Grumann F4F Wildcat
		The F4F saga began in 1935 when Grumman's XF4F-1 biplane prototype lost out in competition against the Brewster F2A-1 monoplane (later called the Buffalo) for a contract with the Navy for a new carrier based fighter.
		This was followed in 1942 by a subcontract with Eastern Aircraft (General Motors assembly factories) to produce F4Fs with a designation of FM thus leaving Grumman to concentrate on the F6F "Hellcat".
		The "Wildcat" became the tool for some of the greatest aces of the Pacific war, the first of whom was LT "Butch" O'Hare who was awarded the Medal of Honor for shooting down five enemy bombers and damaging a sixth during one flight.
	www.einsteins-emporium.com /technology/aviation/1940-1945/aen40.htm (277 words)

	Wildcat - An Evolution
		With the introduction of the F4F-3 version of the Wildcat with Warbirds 2.76, it seems appropriate to trace the history of Grumman's corpulant little fighter, and to see how the three versions modelled in Warbirds compare against the stopwatch.
		Both early model Wildcats are clearly inferior to the Zeke in the climb, even using WEP.
		I have often thought the -4 to be a bit 'severe' in its FM interpretation, so now the F4F-3 offers the performance to allow the Wildcat to be a worthy, challenging, and enjoyable ride for many pilots during the early years of the RPS.
	www.geocities.com /granti_2000/Perform/Wildcat_Evolution_Mar00.htm (1219 words)

	Grumman's Ferocious Feline - The F4F Wildcat
		VF-41 (as VF-4) was the first squadron to equip with the Wildcat, and (as VF-41) the first to take it anywhere close to "harm's way," when the "Ranger" and her air group were part of the North Atlantic "neutrality patrol" in late 1940 and early 1941.
		Both the Wildcat and the Avenger use a frame of piano wire to hang the wing on, which is hidden in plain sight.
		In the case of the Wildcat, the actual airplane used attachment bars from the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer to the folded-back wingtip to steady things.
	www.internetmodeler.com /1999/june/aviation/wildcat.htm (3131 words)

	uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Aircraft - The Grumman Wildcat/Martlet
		Many Wildcat pilots were saved by the Wildcat's ZB homing device, which allowed the pilots find their ships in poor visibility, provided they could get within the 30-mile range of the homing beacon.
		The Wildcat was, however, the tougher aircraft, and could outdive the Zeke and could even outmaneuver the Zeke at very high speeds.
		Unable to dogfight on even terms, Wildcat pilots at Midway and Guadalcanal were forced to develop tactics suited to the performance limitations of the F4F-4, emphasizing weaving to protect each other's tails, diving away in emergencies, and hit and run attacks using the deflection shooting techniques that were emphasized in naval fighter pilot gunnery training.
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/wildcat.htm (2053 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat - carrier-borne fighter-bomber
		The Wildcat was first ordered by the US Navy in 1939 and the F4F-3, F4F-4 and F4F-7 (a special long-range photographic-reconnaissance version of the F4F-4) were all built by the Grumman company.
		In 1942 the manufacture of the Wildcat was transferred to the Eastern Aircraft Division of the General Motors Corporation.
		Although somewhat inferior to the Japanese Zero, the rugged Wildcat proved invaluable in the early stages of the war in the Pacific, until gradually replaced by more effective fighters from 1943, although the type remained in first-line service until the end of the war.
	avia.russian.ee /air/usa/grumman_wildcat.php (490 words)

	F4F Wildcat Carrier-Borne Fighter - Military and Civilian Aircraft
		The Grumman-produced F4F Wildcat series of aircraft was initially proposed to the United States Navy as a biplane-only design, which would explain the visual appearance of the stout fuselage (originally designed to carry two sets of wings and not one).
		Under British control, the F4F Wildcat was redesignated with the title of "Martlet" where they saw limited successes as both a land-based and carrier-based aircraft.
		The F4F Wildcat was formidably armed with an array of 6 x 12.7mm machine guns and, coupled with speed, was a highly respected aircraft to the Axis.
	www.militaryfactory.com /aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=89 (678 words)

	Grumman F4F Hellcat - Historical Development - Great Planes - Flight Journal Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Four operational Wildcats were part of the Marines' valiant defense of the island, but the superior Japanese forces prevailed and eventually overran the island on December 23.
		But Wildcats would continue to be used in important support roles for the remainder of the war.
		The Wildcat was the only Navy fighter to serve throughout the entire war from the attack on Pearl Harbor until VJ Day.
	www.flightjournal.com /fj/plane_profiles/wildcat/wildcat_history.asp (2354 words)

	FM-2 Wildcat
		The robust and agile F4F was the primary front line fighter of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps at the onset of World War II.
		This Wildcat proved to be dependable and was loved by pilots and maintenance crews alike.
		The Cavanaugh Flight Museum's FM-2 was one of the last Wildcats built and was accepted by the U.S. Navy only days before the official Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay (a testament to the utility of the type).
	www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com /Aircraft/Wildcat/Page1.html (484 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat
		At the Battle of Midway, the four Navy carrier-based Navy squadrons were still adjusting to the "dash Four" Wildcat.
		The deficiency not only prevents our fighter [the F4F] from properly carrying out its mission but it has had an alarming effect on the morale of the fighter pilots in the Fleet at this time and on those who are going to be sent to the Fleet.
		Thach and his F4F pilots witnessed the awesome destruction of three carriers in five minutes by the American SBD dive bombers.
	www.acepilots.com /planes/f4f_wildcat.html (1357 words)

	Warbird Alley: Grumman F4F Wildcat
		The prototype of an improved version, the XF4F-3, was renamed the F4F and was ordered by the Navy in August of 1939.
		It was then that the name "Wildcat" was first given to the F4F.
		Over 4,700 FM-2s were built before the Wildcat was eclipsed by the more capable fighters which appeared later in the war.
	www.warbirdalley.com /f4f.htm (458 words)

	F4F-4 Wildcat Retooled Review by Brett Green (Trumpeter 1/32)
		Trumpeter's re-tooled 1/32 scale F4F-4 Wildcat comprises 223 injection molded parts in grey plastic and clear styrene (including a clear cowl), rubber tires, a small bag of metal rods, a photo-etched fret with hinges for control surfaces and an acetate sheet with printed instruments.
		Compared to scaled-up drawings from Bert Kinzey's 2000 edition of "F4F Wildcat in Detail", there were serious discrepancies around the nose and spine.
		The F4F Wildcat was a hugely important aircraft in the Second World War, and deserves to be well represented in plastic.
	kits.kitreview.com /f4f432reviewbg_2.htm (1242 words)

	Model Airplane \| 1/48 Tamiya Model \| Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat \| Jim Swett - VMF-221, Guadalcanal 1943
		Though the stubby little F4F could not equal the speed and manoeuvrability of its Japanese counterpart, the "Zero", its rugged construction and superior armament, coupled with well-trained pilots and good tactics, ensured that it generally gave great performance during the first years of the war.
		Although allied fighters later had superior kill-to-loss ratios, people seem to forget that the F4F Wildcat, along with its Army counterpart the P-40 Warhawk, were fighting in the days when the Japanese had superior numbers and the best trained pilots in the world.
		It was the Wildcats and Warhawks that bore the brunt of Japanese air power in the early days of the Pacific War.
	www.modelaces.com /148_scale_model/f4f_wildcat.php (458 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat - Full Text: May '96 Aviation History Feature
		Nearly 85 Wildcats flew from Yorktown, Enterprise and Hornet during Midway, but it was the Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber that was destined to be the hero of the battle, sinking the carriers Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu and Soryu, and dealing the Imperial Navy a disastrous defeat.
		As 1943 wore on, the Wildcat gradually was relegated to a support role as the F6F replaced it aboard fleet carriers.
		The F4F Wildcat, usually outnumbered and outclassed by its opponents, was a heroic airplane.
	www.gnt.com /~jrube/wildcat.html (1952 words)

	Grumman Cats
		In its final form, the Wildcat, as it would be called, easily out-performed the F2A Buffalo, which, with the addition of required equipment, had lost some of its performance, and the Navy placed an order for 78 F4F-3 fighters on August 8, 1939.
		Using the F4F’s remarkable dive speed (the airframe was so strong that it didn’t have a red-line limit) to attack and escape, along with "team" tactics such as the "Thatch weave", the F4F proved to be effective in aerial combat during the first year of the war as a "front line" fighter in the Pacific.
		Greatly outclassed by newer designs, the Wildcat nonetheless was the primary fighter available to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps for the first year of the war.
	home.att.net /~C.C.Jordan/Grumman.html (3520 words)

	Divide and Conquer - F4F-4 Wildcat
		The F4F "Wildcat" was the Grumman production that perhaps sustained the U.S. Navy for the first half of the war.
		The Wildcat was originally born as the F4F-1, a biplane version whose inferior performance led to the development of the monoplane version.
		By the end of 1941, the F4F-3 had received the moniker "Wildcat" and where, from that point on, known as such.
	home.earthlink.net /~divideandconquer/aircraft/fighters/us_fighters/f_wildcat.htm (246 words)

	Academy 1/72 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat
		Wildcats were involved in thousands of engagements and proved to be particularly suited to operation from escort carriers.
		Wildcats have been credited with numerous aerial victories as well as several Japanese submarines and even a cruiser.
		Wildcats have a distinctive undercarriage which can be a modeller’s nightmare.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Reviews/usaaf/f4f-4-wildcat.htm (747 words)

	Trumpeter 1/32 Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat
		The Grumman F4F Wildcat was the monoplane derivative of the F3F series.
		Designed around the standing carrier operations requirement, the F4F provided additional firepower, greater horsepower, and less lift as it lost the upper and lower wings of the F3F in favor of a fixed mid-wing configuration.
		In keeping with the F3F legacy, all versions of the F4F retained the non-folding wing until the advent of the F4F-4 and General Motors-derivative FM series.
	www.cybermodeler.com /hobby/kits/tru/kit_tru_f4f-3.shtml (535 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat - USA
		The F4F Wildcat was used very successfully in the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway, as well as in the operations of Guadalcanal.
		From that point the Wildcat was never out of the fray, forming the fighting spearhead of the US carriers involved in the great sea battles of the Coral Sea and Midway.
		Wildcat production continued until the autumn of 1945, the FAA adopting the US name for its Mk V and VI models.
	www.aviation-history.com /grumman/f4f.html (494 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat airplane airfix plastic model Kits
		Recreated in fine pewter, fitted to a pewter stand, and mounted to a hardwood base with inset descriptive coin, this Wildcat replica is approximately 41/2" in length and 5" in wingspan.
		This first ever 1/72 scale die cast model of the F4F version of the Wildcat - the version built by Grumman - features engraved panel lines and simulated rivets; a detailed cockpit with a sliding canopy; a moveable rudder; optional position landing gear; a rotating propeller; the markings of VF-3's commander Lt. Cdr.
		This 1/72 scale die cast Wildcat - an FM variant built by General Motors that was an improvement upon the F4F variant built by Grumman - features everything you'd hope for.
	www.johnjohn.co.uk /shop/alpha/grumman_f4f_wildcat.html (590 words)

	More information about the F4F Grumman Wildcat
		These were the first combat operations by Wildcats, the name adopted for the F4F by the USN, although RN Martlets had earlier been in action against German aircraft off the coasts of Britain.
		During 1942 the ratio of victories to losses for air combat for the F4F was 59 :1, and for the whole war the official figure for the F4FJFM was 69 :1.
		A large proportion of these victories was obtained against bombers and transports, but the figures show that the Wildcat was not unsuccessful, especially in the first half of the war in the Pacific, when the Grumman design was the sole carrier-based fighter operating with the USN.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Grumman-Wildcat/wild_info/wild_info.htm (1561 words)

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