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Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat N14WB US Navy BuNo 122619 NX14WB
Grumman F7F Tigercat N700F Tail Code (D3) US Navy Here Kitty Kitty BuNo 80390 USN
F4F-3 Grumman Wildcat N12260 NX12260 US Navy BuNo 12260
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat N9265A US Navy Air Show US Navy NX9265A 115
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2022
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Ditched in Lake Michigan on 23Nov42 while on a training flight from USS Wolverine. Recovered on 27Sep95.
Restored. Loaned to the museum in 1998 and they appear to have made a mistake when they painted it as it carries the small serial 30508 on the tail which was allocated to but ntu by a TBY-2 Sea Wulf.
The following is from Aerovisuals website.
Markings Applied: 13, MARINES 30508, F4F-4
13 painted on the fuselage, rest on vertical stabilizer. According to SD Air and Space Museum it was painted to represent F4F-4 from squadron VMF-223, aircraft of Maj. Marion E. Carl, third ranking Wildcat ace with 18.5 victories. But his plane was BuNo 03508 so 30508 is obviously a mistake.
The following is from the museums website.
The Museum’s F4F-4 wildcat was attached to the USS Wolverine for carrier training when it crashed into Lake Michigan and sank on November 23, 1942. Its wreckage was recovered by the Navy in 1995, and loaned to the Museum in 1996 for restoration. Museum volunteers restored it in the markings of Marine Corps Squadron VMF-223, as the aircraft flown by Captain Marion E. Carl, third ranking Wildcat ace with 16.5 victories. The aircraft is currently on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, Florida and is on exhibition in the Museum’s World War II gallery.
The first of Grumman’s “Cats” and their first monoplane began life on the drawing board in 1935. It was the U.S. Navy’s sole carrier-based fighter at the start of World War II. A contemporary of the Japanese Zero, its performance was inferior in many respects, yet the F4F held its own because of superior armament, rugged construction and well trained pilots.
The F4F-4 Wildcat entered service at the beginning of World War II, and was the Navy’s frontline carrier-based fighter aircraft by the time of the Battle of Midway in June of 1942. Grumman’s design for the F4F-4 evolved in several stages over the course of seven years. It was initially conceived as a biplane in 1935 for the Navy, the XF4F-1, but Grumman lost the contract to a monoplane design by Brewster. Not to be outdone, Grumman redesigned the biplane into a monoplane, the XF4F-2, yet the design was considered underpowered. Finally, with the addition of a more powerful supercharged Pratt and Whitney 1830 Twin Wasp engine, Grumman was awarded a Navy contract. This was the F4F-3 which was also produced for France and Britain, where it went by the designation “Martlet.”
Grumman looked to improve combat capabilities of the design further in the F4F-4. They added two more 50 caliber machine guns in the wings (making a total of six), self-sealing fuel tanks, armor, and folding wings, a unique feature invented by Grumman and first installed in the Wildcat F4F-4. This feature was a great advancement in naval warfare because it meant that a carrier could accommodate more than twice the complement of fighters than was possible previously. Although easily outperformed by its Japanese counterpart, the A6M Zero, the F4F-4 often held its own in combat. The Achilles heel of the Wildcat was its limited maneuverability and range. At the Battle of Midway, range proved crucial when Wildcats were only able to engage the enemy briefly, until they were forced to return to their carriers. Moreover, many had to ditch on the return trip back due to lack of fuel. Yet the addition of drop tanks improved range substantially, and experienced and well trained pilots were able to overcome limited maneuverability by using tactics that took advantage of the Wildcat’s speed and firepower. Although by mid-war it began to be replaced on carriers by more advanced Hellcats and Corsairs, the F4F-4 still had attained an impressive record, and by the end of the war was credited with over 1,500 victories.
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smash_lovely: Nice pic
Seen on the hangar deck of the aircraft carrier USS Midway at San Diego in California.
12290 ditched in Lake Michigan on 08Jun44 while on a training flight from USS Sable. It was recovered on 05Sep96. Stored as NAS Pensacola from 1997. To the USS Midway restoration facility on 04Apr08. Completed in 2011 and displayed on board USS Midway.
The US Navy fighter plane that bore the brunt of the early fighting against the Japanese in 1942. It faced a formidable foe against the Japanese A6M Zero fighter, but the subsequent F5F Hellcat tipped the aerial combat scales decisively in the Americans’ favour.
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. - Rabindranath Tagore
Today, there was an amazing clouds form over and nice showers across the city. Really a great relief from scorching summer hot.
Clicked tiny portions of this from mobile and merged them in photoshop to give a dramatic clouds view
1940 Grumman Martlet Mk1 F4F-4 G-36A Royal Navy AL246
Photo taken at the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton Somerset UK on the 1 Oct 2020
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During one of my astrophotography evenings, I had to wait for the moon to set so it would not interfere with the photos. I thought it looks cool so I snapped a pic just as the moon began to dip under the horizon. Taken with a Canon rebel t3i
Sticking with the Midway scheme, I'm planing to do a fighter now. I'm pretty torn between these two. I haven't seen a Buffalo done before, it was only used by the US at Midway, flown by USMC pilots. It was also used by the Dutch Air Force in the East Indies, and of course the Fins during The Winter War.
The F4F was used throughout the war in the Pacific, and is a pretty useful plane for scenes, etc.
Would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this, thanks!
G-RUMW/JV579/F, Grumman F4F/FM-2 Wildcat (CN 5765) 'That Old Thing' taxis in following it's display at the RNAS Culdrose Air Day 2015. Originally built as 86711 for the US Navy in 1945, the machine was stored until 1946 when it was disposed of and became N4845V. Passing through various owners, it ended up on display at the Chennault Air Museum, CA from 1975. Restoration to flight began in 1992 and was completed the following year when it joined the Fighter Collection based at Duxford, being added to the UK register in 1998. Sill current in 2023. Image by Lindsay Potts.
Grumman F4F Wildcat dressed up as a Martlet flying at The Shuttleworth Collection 'Fly Navy' day on the 4th June 2017.
F4F-3 Grumman Wildcat N12260 US Navy BuNo 12260 NX12260
This aircraft crashed in May 1944 off USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan it was not until December 1991 that it was recovered from the river to be restored to an airworthy condition; it made it first flight after being restored on the 18th July 1994
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2022
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