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	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.
		Grumman produced 220 examples of the Martlet IV in 1942, but six were lost en route to Britain.
		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 (2061 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 (7691 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.
		A new Grumman fighter, conceived before the Pearl Harbor attack, was on it’s way to the fleet, and it was an order of magnitude better than its ancestor.
		Grumman built 189 of these which were powered by R-2800-34 engines to provide for improved high altitude performance.
	home.att.net /~C.C.Jordan/Grumman.html (3520 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)

	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.
		Grumman produced 220 examples of the Martlet IV in 1942, but six were lost en route to Britain.
		While Grumman optimistically claimed the F4F-4 could climb at a modest 1,950 feet per minute, in combat conditions at combat altitudes pilots found their mounts capable of ascending at only 500 to 1,000 feet per minute.
	www.uboat.net /allies/aircraft/wildcat.htm (2053 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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)

	F4F Grumman Wildcat downloadable cardmodel
		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.
		Export orders for the Grumman G-36 had been placed in 1939, when France purchased 81; this entire order was transferred to Britain in June 1940, and the first aircraft, with its British name of Martlet I, was delivered on July 27, 1940, ahead of F4F-3 deliveries to the USN.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Grumman-Wildcat/wild_info/wild_info.htm (1471 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.
		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.
		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)

	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 (494 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat - Full Text: May '96 Aviation History Feature
		The Wildcat is unique among World War II aircraft in that it was originally conceived as a biplane.
		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.
	www.polaris.net /~jrube/wildcat.html (1952 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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
		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.
		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.
	www.chuckhawks.com /f4f.htm (1377 words)

	Grumman F4F Hellcat - Historical Development - Great Planes - Flight Journal Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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)

	Opening Moves: Marines Gear Up For War (Pacific Theater) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Grumman F3F-2s, the last biplane fighter produced for either the Navy or the Marines, served in the FMF from 1937 to 1941.
		The Grumman Wildcat served as the primary fighter of the United States Marine Corps at the outbreak of the Pacific War.
		Despite the fact that the Wildcat's performance was inferior to its primary adversary, the Japanese Zero, its staunch ruggedness and greatly superior firepower in the hands of skilled and determined pilots would enable it to compile a distinguished record during the war.
	www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003115-00/sec3a.htm (1560 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Aviation History \| Grumman F4F Wildcat: U.S. Navy Fighter in World War II
		While the newer Vought F4U Corsairs and F6F Hellcats grabbed the spotlight, it was the Wildcat that served as the U.S. Navy's front-line fighter throughout the early World War II crises of 1942 and early 1943.
		The Wildcat is unique among World War II aircraft in that it was originally conceived as a biplane.
		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).
	www.historynet.com /magazines/aviation_history/3038196.html?featured=y&c=y (1121 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.
		At the Battle of Midway, the four Navy carrier-based Navy squadrons were still adjusting to the "dash Four" Wildcat.
		To my surprise, the Grumman's rudder and tail were torn to shreds, looking like an old torn piece of rag.
	www.acepilots.com /planes/f4f_wildcat.html (1357 words)

	The Grumman Wildcat
		However, these details of the Grumman G-36, a similar ship used by the RAF fleet air arm, have been released: A twin Wasp engine of 1,200 h.p.
		The Wildcat includes large tail area, ample dihedral, which are necessary for all successful flying scale models.
		The Grumman Wildcat should be made to balance at a point about halfway back from the leading edge.
	www.theplanpage.com /esp/wcat.htm (1791 words)

	FM-2 Wildcat
		Designed in 1935 by the Grumman Aircraft Corp., the XF4F-3 was the first all-metal, carrier launched, monoplane fighter purchased by the U.S. Navy.
		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)

	F4F Wildcat
		Since Grumman had still build it's plane as a bi-plane, the Navy told the firm to change the design to a monoplane.
		Grumman was no firm to give up lightly however.
		The Wildcat was known as the Martlet in RN service until 1944.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/aviation/f4f_wildcat.htm (415 words)

	http://www.fsplanet.com/
		Grumman built a design which, after several re-designations and airframe modifications, won the contract and eventually became the F4F Wildcat.
		The chubby Wildcat, nicknamed ‘the peanut special’ by the British was the first American-made aircraft to down a German plane in WWII.
		Although the Wildcats were painted in dull colors, the author textures this model in bare metal.
	www.fsplanet.com /reviews106.htm (522 words)

	Grumman F4F
		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)

	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)

	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)

	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.wondersnevercease.com /wac/airplanes/am228.htm (299 words)

	Cat Flight
		So tough were these Grumman airplanes that the crews said they were made of iron, and called the Grumman factory the “Ironworks”.
		The fleet of WWII era Grumman cats are joined by an early jet age F9F Panther (right of center) and a modern F-14 Tomcat (left of center).
		Named the ‘Wildcat’, it was a stubby little fighter that was basically a metal barrel with a round engine on the front, and wings attached at the midpoint.
	www.visi.com /~jweeks/aircraft/cats.html (1089 words)

	Kiwi Aircraft Images: Grumman Wildcat
		The origins of Grumman's first monoplane fighter date back to March 1936 when design of the XF4F-1 biplane (Grumman Design 16) was commenced to respond to requirements for a new carrier fighter..
		Grumman redesigned it's fighter contender - the new Design 36 retained the fuselage and undercarriage of Design 18 but incorporated totally new square-tipped wings, enlarged tail surfaces, and replaced the 1,050hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830-66 with the 1,200hp R-1830-76.
		The Wildcat returned to Tauranga on April 2nd and was packed by April 4th and delivered back to the Port.
	www.kiwiaircraftimages.com /wildcat.html (1630 words)

	VALIANT AIR COMMAND WARBIRD MUSEUM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		icture of Restoration of the Gruman Wildcat that was at the bottom of Lake Michigan for 50 years.
		Wildcat Coordinator Harold Larkin and the men are Grumman Retirees that worked on the aircraft during WWII.
		See the Grumman Gremlins at work every Thursday at the museum 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
	www.vacwarbirds.org /vachistory.html (152 words)

	Brewster F2A Buffalo, Grumman F4F Wildcat, FM-2
		The Grumman F3F was a development of the F2F-1, featuring a longer fuselage and greater wingspan.
		Meanwhile, Grumman had prototyped a new "Wildcat" under the designation XF4F-8, which was to be produced by Eastern Aircraft as the FM-2.
		The GM "Wildcat" also played an important role in the 25 October 1944 Battle off Samar, in which a force of the slow CVEs and their escorts out-fought a vastly superior Japanese surface fleet.
	www.battle-fleet.com /pw/his/hislovci.htm (2298 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat Book Review by Brett Green (Kagero)
		Bi-lingual text; decal sheet included for 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scale models; good coverage of the Wildcat in service; includes excellent colour profiles and scrap view drawings; lots of plans in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scales; very helpful progressive variant diagrams.
		The F4F Wildcat is the subject for Kagero's latest Monograph publication.
		With Tamiya's excellent kit, the Just Planes F4F-3 conversion, Sword's late Wildcat, all in 1/48 scale; plus the 1/32 scale Trumpeter kit and the selection of available models in 1/72 scale, there are plenty of subjects to test out your new found knowledge from this book.
	misc.kitreview.com /bookreviews/wildcatbookreviewbg_1.htm (379 words)

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