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	Warbird Alley: Grumman F4F Wildcat
		Grumman FM-2 Wildcat N5833, operated by the Commemorative Air Force.
		Grumman built a design which, after several re-designations and airframe modifications, won the contract and eventually became the F4F Wildcat.
		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 Wildcat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Wildcat was outperformed by the Mitsubishi Zero, its major opponent in the early part of the Pacific Theater, but held its own by absorbing far more damage and wielding more firepower.
		Grumman's Wildcat production ceased in early 1943 to make way for the newer F6F Hellcat, but General Motors continued producing Wildcats for both US Navy and Fleet Air Arm use.
		From 1943 onward, Wildcats were primarily assigned to escort carriers ("jeep carriers") as larger fighters such as the Hellcat and the Vought F4U Corsair were needed aboard fleet carriers, and the Wildcat's slower landing speed made it more suitable for shorter flight decks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/F4F_Wildcat (1371 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat
		History: The F4F Wildcat was the U.S.'s primary carrier based fighter from Pearl Harbor until the introduction of the F6F Hellcat in 1943.
		The FM2 Wildcat continued to serve throughout the war, primarily on Escort Carriers, in the FM2 version where its smaller size was useful.
		As a 1943 "new and improved" Wildcat, the FM2 is superior to its F4F predecessors.
	www.speakeasy.org /~mefletcher/f4f.html (758 words)

	The Grumman F4F Wildcat
		Grumman's chief designers, Dick Hutton and Bill Schwendler, saw the light and quickly converted their biplane design to a mid-wing monoplane configuration, with the Navy agreeing to the change in July 1936.
		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 (7473 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)

	More information about the F4F Grumman Wildcat
		Grumman's first monoplane and one of the outstanding Naval fighters of World War II, the F4F design began in 1935 while the company's latest biplane for the USN, the XF3F-l, was still undergoing its initial tests.
		The Grumman design had appeared too promising to neglect altogether, however, and in October 1938 the Navy contracted for a modified prototype to be powered by a version of the Twin Wasp with a two-stage twospeed supercharger, the XR-1830-76.
		Grumman built two prototypes as XF4F-8s, the first of these being flown on November 8, 1942, at Beth page; a prod uction contract, initially for 1,265 examples designated FM-2, was placed with Eastern early in 1943.
	fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Grumman-Wildcat/wild_info/wild_info.htm (1561 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat
		The Mitsubishi A6M outperformed it, but the F4F was well-armed and reliable, and was a natural shipboard aircraft, probably easier to land on a carrier deck than on land.
		The Wildcat was outperformed by the Mitsubishi Zero, its major opponent in the Pacific war, but held its own by absorbing far more damage and wielding more firepower.
		Grumman production ceased in early 1943 to make way for the newer F6F Hellcat, but General Motors continued producing them for both US Navy and Fleet Air Arm use, as larger fighters such as the Hellcat and the Vought F4U Corsair were too large for use on escort carriers.
	members.chello.nl /~w.bergmans/info/f4f.htm (513 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat - Full Text: May '96 Aviation History Feature
		Grumman engineers, however, showed that the installation of a larger engine in the F3F would result in performance comparable to that expected from the new design, and began work on a parallel monoplane project, the G-18 (or XF4F-2).
		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.
		The F4F Wildcat, usually outnumbered and outclassed by its opponents, was a heroic airplane.
	www.gnt.com /~jrube/wildcat.html (1952 words)

	Grumman F4F Hellcat - Historical Development - Great Planes - Flight Journal Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		On March 2, 1936, the Navy awarded Grumman a contract for construction of the XF4F-1, and this was followed by a contract to Brewster for a prototype of the XF2A on June 22.
		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.
		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 /plane_profiles/wildcat/wildcat_history.asp (2354 words)

	F4F WILDCAT
		Grumman's short and stubby-winged F4F Wildcat is one of its best-known and successful fighters.
		After several modifications the F4F-3 Wildcat surpassed the Buffalo in performance, and Grumman was awarded a contract to replace the Brewster fighter.
		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)

	Grumman F4F "Wildcat" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The F4F was never truly a great fighter in terms of its performance, and in fact was considered inferior to that of its direct adversary the Mitsubishi A6M2/5 Reisen "Zero".
		The F4F however, played a vitally important role in the early stages of the conflict and was able to balance the A6M’s performance by using its overall structural integrity and armor.
		The photo at left "Zero attacking Wildcat" is an artistic example of the exacting position the Grumman F4F and US found itself at the beginning of the war, but due in large part to the pilots who flew and loved her, would eventually prevail.
	www.qsl.net /n3yqh/WWII/wildcat.htm (1245 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat - USA
		Grumman started again and, instead of the new biplane, produced the prototype XF4F-2 monoplane fighter, which first flew on 2 September 1937.
		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.
	www.aviation-history.com /grumman/f4f.html (492 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While the Wildcats did shoot down a considerable number of enemy aircraft, thereby limiting the strength of Japanese attacks on the US fleet, the carriers invariably suffered serious damage whenever they were the target of a Japanese attack.
		This version of the Wildcat was primarily intended for escort carriers, as the F6F was replacing the F4F on the fleet carriers.
		All control surfaces of the Wildcat were fabric-covered and were mechanically operated, with exception of the flaps, which were operated by a vacuum tank installed behind the cockpit.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/baugher_other/f4f.html (7894 words)

	F4F Wildcat
		The Grumman F4F Wildcat, the only U.S. Navy fighter to serve throughout all of World War II, was first designed as a biplane in 1935.
		Though the F2A won the fly-off tests in 1938, modifications to the Wildcat were pushed ahead and a new prototype, the X4F-3, with increased wingspan, altered tail design, and a more powerful engine, showed such promise that initial orders were placed for it in 1939.
		Wildcats participated in the important sea battles of Coral Sea and Midway and served with the Marines at Guadalcanal.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/f4f.htm (403 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat model airplane
		Wildcats had conspicuous success in the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway, and in the World War II operations in Guadalcanal.
		Wildcats also saw action with the US Navy in North Africa during late 1942.
		The F4F-4 was powered by one 1,200-hp Pratt and Whitney R-1830-36 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder redial piston engine, giving the airplane a maximum speed of 318 mph at 19,400 feet, cruising speed of 155 mph, initial climb rate of 1,950 feet per minute, service ceiling of 39,400 feet, and a range of 770 miles.
	www.worldaircorps.com /airplanes/am228.htm (269 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat
		Grumman F4F Wildcat was the main fighter type of the US Navy and Marine Corps in WW 2 throughout the first one and a half year.
		F4F Wildcat was the only US Navy fighter that was in use from the start to the end of the war.
		Wildcats curved in the hights as topcover and Airacobras were lower receiving the bombers.
	koti.mbnet.fi /~jjuvonen/planes/f4f-4.html (3438 words)

	Picture of Grumman F4F Wildcat WW2 Fighter and information
		The Grumman F4F Wildcat first went in to battle with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm where the fighter served as the Martlet, the first combat victory was on Christmas Day 1940 when a shore based British Fleet Air Arm Martlet patrolling the Scapa Flow fleet anchorage shot down a German Junkers Ju 88 bomber.
		The overall performance of the Wildcat was inferior to the Japanese fighters it had to engage, especially the Mitsubishi Zero, however this was balanced by the Wildcat's self sealing fuel tanks and armour plate which gave the fighter the ability to absorb high levels of enemy firepower and still survive to fight another day.
		Grumman Wildcat production ceased in early 1943 to make way on the production lines for the new improved performance Grumman F6F Hellcat which along with the Chance Vought F4U Corsair were to replace the aging Wildcat on the US Pacific carrier fleet.
	www.military-aircraft.org.uk /ww2-fighter-planes/grumman-f4f-wildcat.htm (341 words)

	Grumman F4F (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Wildcat’s basic opponent was the Japanese Zero, a fighter that could outmaneuver and outperform it, but the Wildcat’s heavy armament and solid construction gave it an advantage in the hands of skilled pilots.
		A new Grumman fighter, the F6F Hellcat, loomed as the replacement, but the Navy still needed the Wildcat to equip the small escort carriers, for which it was well suited in size and weight.
		The Wildcat in the National Air and Space Museum, bureau number 15392, is the four-hundredth FM-1 built in Linden, New Jersey.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/grumman_f4f.htm (751 words)

	World War II Aircraft - Grumman F4F Wildcat
		The Grumman F4F Wildcat was the US Navy's premier carrier-based fighter in 1942 and 1943.
		The Wildcat held the front line until the arrival of the faster and better Hellcats in late 1943.
		The F4F was, in many ways, an aircraft that was caught between eras.
	members.tripod.com /bf1o91/allied/Fighters/f4f/f4fwildcat.htm (184 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat
		While the Wildcats did shoot down a considerable number of enemy aircraft, thereby limiting the strength of Japanese attacks on the US fleet, the carriers invariably suffered serious damage whenever they were the target of a Japanese attack.
		This version of the Wildcat was primarily intended for escort carriers, as the F6F was replacing the F4F on the fleet carriers.
		For take-off, the Wildcat required careful handling, because the fuselage blanked the rudder, and there was a strong tendency to veer to port.
	users.skynet.be /Emmanuel.Gustin/history/f4f.html (7894 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat
		The Wildcat held the line against Japanese juggernaut in the early battles in the Pacific until replaced by (you guessed it) the Grumman F6F Hellcat late in 1943.
		Note: the landing gear design on the Wildcat had been pioneered by Grumman, in fact was responsible for Grumman's pre-eminence in U.S. Navy fighter aircraft in the late thirties.
		Grumman entered the aviation world in 1930 with a center float with retractable landing gear for U.S. Navy floatplanes (the Model G-1).
	www.shanaberger.com /F4F.htm (159 words)

	eBay - grumman f4f wildcat, Models, Kits, Transportation items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Monogram 1:48 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat USN WW2 fighter
		AVC040 Grumman F4F Wildcat (E.E.U.U.) 1/72 IXO ALTAYA
		Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat f4f 3 by IXO Altaya 1:72 AIR040
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=grumman+f4f+wildcat&... (371 words)

	F4F Wildcat Overview
		Grumman built a design which, after several re-designations and airframe modifications, won the contract and eventually became the 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.
		Over 4,700 FM-2s were built before the Wildcat was eclipsed by the more capable fighters which appeared later in the war.
	www.kcghostsquadron.org /f4f-3_ovw.asp?menuID=53 (291 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat
		Grumman's stubby, rugged fighter held the line against the Zeros in the early air battles over Guadalcanal and in the 1942 carrier battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and the Eastern Solomons.
		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)

	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.
		By the end of 1941 the Grumman F4F-3 (and similar F4F-3A) fighters, which had received the popular name "Wildcat" a few months earlier, had replaced the F2A in most U.S. Navy and Marine Corps fighting squadrons.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/ac-usn22/f-types/f4f.htm (1212 words)

	Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat "Junior" Bureau Number 5192 Tail Number F-12
		This Wildcat was not formally removed from the Navy inventory until September 30, 1942.
		Author and historian John Lundstron was the first to publish information on this Wildcat, in his 1982 article "Fighter Pilots in Aerial Combat" and later The First Team.
		Markings on the wreckage confirm that the aircraft was Bu 5192 flown by "Pug" Southerland II, shot down by Japanese ace Saburo Sakai on 7th August 1942, the date of the Guadalcanal US landing.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /aircraft/f4f/5192.html (644 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)

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