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The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. [2]
F4F-3s of VF-6 destroyed two Japanese aircraft in the first attack and Lieut. Edward H. O'Hare of VF-42 of the USS Lexington shot down five G4M1 bombers within the space of a few minutes. The F4F Wildcat was used very successfully in the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway, as well as in the operations of Guadalcanal.
4 gru 2011 · The Grumman Wildcat was the standard carrier-based fighter of the US Navy at the start of the Pacific War. After the US's entrance into the Pacific War, Wildcat pilots quickly found that their fighters were easily out-maneuvered by their Japanese counterparts, the Zero fighter.
4 gru 2021 · Before it was called the Wildcat after wartime recoignition usage, the Grumman F4F was only the fourth iteration in a process of designing the world’s best naval fighters, at least from the US perspective. Before the F4F, the frontline naval fighter of the USN was of course the F3F, a biplane.
22 sty 2021 · Foss answered the call of duty piloting the F4F Wildcat, a very capable carrier-based aircraft that saw service from the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor in 1941 to the Japanese surrender aboard...
14 sty 2013 · The Wildcat’s first service for the United States was in defence of Wake Island, when two Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters shot down three Japanese bombers that were part of a 30-plane raid. Lieutenant Edward “Butch” O’Hare became the U.S. Navy’s first ace on 20 February 1942, shooting down five Japanese bombers that were attacking the ...
Despite its shortcomings, the Grumman fighter more than held its own against the Zero at Coral Sea, Midway, and in the battles over Guadalcanal. Designers at Grumman intended the Wildcat to be rugged and heavily armed, a fighter that could absorb punishment as well as attack with six .50-caliber machine guns.
