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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]
FM-2 (Wildcat VI): Wright R-1820-56 radial air-cooled engine. Propeller: Curtiss Electric or Hamilton-Standard Hydromatic constant-speed airscrew. Fuel Capacity: 160 U.S. gallons in self-sealing tanks in wings, with the option for droppable fuel tanks on wing bomb-racks.
General Motors/Eastern Aircraft produced 5,280 FM variants of the Wildcat during WWII. The FM-2 Wildcat was adequate for small escort carriers against submarine and shore threats in the second world war. These relatively modest ships carried only two types of aircraft.
BUILT: 1944. LENGTH: 28ft 11in. WINGSPAN: 38ft. ENGINE: Wright Aeronautical Corp R1820-56WA. MAXIMUM SPEED: 332mph. RANGE: 900 miles. ARMAMENT: Six 0.5in machine guns plus either two underwing 250ib bombs or six 5in rockets.
Built by the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors, the FM-2 Wildcat essentially is an improved version of the famous Grumman F4F-4. Recognized by its taller fin than the F4F, the...
19 maj 2019 · Armament: Four 12.7 mm (0.5 in) Browning M-2 machine guns; two 113.4 kg (250 lb) bombs; or six 127 mm (5 in) rockets. History: The definitive prototype of the Grumman Wildcat, known by the manufacturer as the G-36, flew for the first time on 2 September 1937 under the designation XF4F-2.
General Motors FM-2 Wildcat. The Wildcat was America’s primary front-line, carrier-based fighter at the start of the war. Although the airplane was outmatched by its adversaries, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps pilots developed superior tactics which soon allowed Wildcat squadrons to stifle the Japanese advance. The Grumman F4F served in many ...
