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The Grumman F7F Tigercat is a heavy fighter aircraft that served with the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) from late in World War II until 1954. It was the first twin-engine fighter to be deployed by the USN.
Grumman F7F Tigercat – amerykański dwusilnikowy samolot myśliwski zaprojektowany w okresie II wojny światowej. Był to drugi (po Grumman XF5F Skyrocket) myśliwiec dwusilnikowy zaprojektowany dla potrzeb US Navy, jednak z powodu swoich rozmiarów mógł operować tylko z pokładów lotniskowców typu “Midway”.
3 lis 2015 · The mighty Tigercat was the Navy’s first twin-engine fighter. It arrived too late to see service during World War II, and it accrued only a brief record in Korea before being replaced by jets.
Grumman’s F “Cat” fighter-bomber line did not begin with the Grumman F7F Tigercat, but was preceded by the F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat in 1940 and 1943, respectively. Before they were named after cats, the F series officially was started in the FF “Fifi” in 1931, the F2F in 1933, and the F3F in 1935.
The Grumman F7F Tigercat was a twin-engine fighter aircraft developed by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation during World War II. It was designed to operate from aircraft carriers and was intended to be faster and more heavily armed than existing carrier-based fighters.
The Grumman F7F Tigercat is a heavy fighter aircraft that served with the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) from late in World War II until 1954. It was the first twin-engine fighter to be deployed by the USN.
The F7F Tigercat, which was derived from Grumman's first twin-engine fighter, the XF5F-1 Skyrocket, appeared as the result of a Navy request in June 1941 for development of a larger,...
