F4F FM Wildcat part 2 | World War Photos

F4F Wildcat part 2

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: Lieutenant “Swede” Vejtasa smiles from the cockpit of his Wildcat June 22, 1943

: FM-2 preparing for launch on board USS Matanikau CVE-101, 27 July 1944

: F4F aboard USS Ranger during Operation Torch, 1942

: Crashed F4F-3 onboard USS Charger ACV-30, 28 March 1943

: FM-2 from USS White Plains (CVE-66), June 24, 1944

: Wildcats avoard USS Ranger, Operation Torch

: F4F in flight over NAS Norfolk December 1943

: F4F-3 1940

: Servicing Wildcats for dawn patrol at Territory of Hawaii May 1942

: Crash of FM-1 BuNo 46789 code L12 on flight deck of USS Manila Bay (CVE-61), 16 December 1943

: FM-2 from USS White Plains (CVE-66), June 24, 1944 2

: Donald E. Runyon posing with his Wildcat “Black 13”, 1942 2

: Donald E. Runyon in the cockpit of his Wildcat, 1942

: FM-2 preparing for launch on board USS Matanikau 27 July 1944 2

: Lieutenant Commander “Butch” O’Hare and F4F-4 at Norfolk May 1, 1942

: F4F-3 of VMF 211 wrecked on Wake Island

: F4F aboard USS Makin Island (CVE-93) 2

: VMF-121 Ace Joe Foss and Joe’s Flying Circus pilots on Guadalcanal

: U-Boat sinking pilots of VC-13 by General Motors FM aboard USS Core (CVE-13)

: F4Fs of the USMC Guadalcanal

: Martlet Mk II AJ148 of No. 888 Squadron FAA Oran

: F4F-3S 4038 “Wildcatfish” 2

: VMF-221 Ace Lt H.K. Winfield by F4F Wildcat “RINGER” 1943

: Wildcats of the VF-11 Guadalcanal

: VMF-224 Ace and MOH recipient Robert Galer and F4F named Barbara Jane 1942

: British Martlet Mk II AJ104

: F4F-4 Wildcat in flight

: First General Motors FM-1 1942

: Wildcat awaits starters signal to take off from USS Lexington 1942

: Martlet Mk II AM997

: Crewman inspects Japanese 20mm cannon shell hole in F4F August 1942

: F4F-3S Wildcatfish

: Crewmen on carrier knocked down by runaway Wildcat 1945 2

: USS Enterprise with F4F on elevator

: Ace Lt William B. Freeman of VMF-121 by F4F 1943

: F4F-3S 4038 3

: XF4F-4 BuNo 1897

: F4F of VF-71 takeoff from USS Wasp off Guadalcanal, 1942

: XF4F-2 BuNo 0383

: RN Reserve Pilot by F4F after cutting top off tree 1944

: FM-2 Wildcat N27 USS Bismarck Sea

: FM “White 9” of the CV-93

: Destroyed F4F Guadalcanal 1942/43

: F4F taking off during first carrier takeoff using Jet Units 1943

: Crashed Grumman XF4F-3 9 March 1939

: FM-2 from VC-4

: Wildcat goes off carrier deck after missing barrier

: French Grumman G-36A

: XF4F-2 0383 2

: F4F-3 BuNo 1845

: Deck crew refuel and rearm F4F-3 Wildcats 1 February 1942

: Crewmen on carrier knocked down by runaway Wildcat 1945 1

: USMC F4F at Henderson Field 2

: F4F 29-GF-4 of the VGF-29 furing Operation Torch, 1942

: USMC F4Fs Henderson Field

: USS South Dakota viewed from hanger deck of aircraft carrier

: Crew starts F4F using boot and shock cord aboard USS Charger

: FM-2 Wildcat N27 crashing aboard USS Bismarck Sea 2

: FM-2 Wildcat N27 crashing aboard USS Bismarck Sea 3

: F4F-3S 4038 4

: FM-1 launch from USS Nassau 6 September 1943

: F4F-4 Wildcat 41-F-8 of the VF-41 early 1942

: Crewmen on carrier knocked down by runaway Wildcat 1945 3

: General Motors FM-2

: XF4F-3 Wildcat

: USMC Lt. Winfield and F4F damaged in combat Guadalcanal 1943

: Grumman XF4F-4 BuNo 1897 30 August 1941

: XF4F-3 BuNo 0383 2

: FM-1 trapping aboard USS Nassau 1943

: FM USS Makin Island

: FM-2 of the VC-79 aboard USS Sargent Bay CVE-83 Okinawa March 1945

: F4F on airstrip on Henderson Field on Guadalcanal 1942

: Marine Wildcats at Henderson Field Guadalcanal January 1943

: Formation of Escort Carriers loaded with Wildcats and Avengers 1945

: FM “White 17” of the CV-93

: XF4F-2 engine cover

: French G-36A NX-G1

: F4F over Mojave California

: FM “black 20” of the VC-36, USS Core

: F4F-3S 4038

: Hebard A14 tug haul F4F 9-F-16 into position on carrier USS Ranger 1942

: F4F taking off from USS Wolwerine 1942

: Grumman F4F during testing of JATO Jacksonville 1944

: FM-2 in flight

: Wildcat of VF-41

: Wildcat taking off from USS Ranger

: Grumman XF4F-5

Wildcat was an American carrier-based fighter that began service with both the U.S. Navy and the Fleet Air Arm in 1940. Although first used in combat by the British in Europe, the Wildcat would become the primary carrier fighter for the first year and a half of the United States Navy’s involvement in World War II in the Pacific Theater. The FM, an improved version built by General Motors, remained in service throughout the remainder of the war on escort carriers, where larger and heavier fighters could not be used.