F8F Bearcat

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Bearcats of the CASU-5

Bearcats of the CASU-5 near San Diego, 12 December 1945

Grumman XF8F Bearcat canopy

Canopy of XF8F-1 28 August 1944

Grumman XF8F-1 29 August 1944

Canopy of XF8F-1 29 August 1944

F8F near Patuxent River 10 May 1945 3

F8F Bearcat ST47 near Patuxent River 10 May 1945 3

Grumman F8F near Patuxent River 10 May 1945

F8F near Patuxent River 10 May 1945

Grumman F8F-1 337

F8F-1 337 in flight

Grumman F8F-1

F8F-1 on the ground

F8F near Patuxent River 10 May 1945 2

Grumman F8F near Patuxent River 10 May 1945 2

XF8F-1 BuNo 90460 21 September 1944

Grumman XF8F-1 BuNo 90460

Prototype Grumman XF8F-1 21 September 1944 4

Prototype of XF8F-1 Bearcat, 21 September 1944 4

Prototype XF8F-1 21 September 1944

Prototype XF8F-1 21 September 1944

Prototype XF8F-1 21 September 1944 2

Prototype XF8F-1 21 September 1944 2

Prototype XF8F-1 21 September 1944 3

Prototype XF8F-1 21 September 1944 3

XF8F-1 Bearcat before first flight, Grumman factory

XF8F-1 before first flight, Grumman factory

Bearcat was an American single-engine naval fighter aircraft of the 1940s. It went on to serve into the mid-20th century in the U.. Navy and other air forces, and would be the Grumman’s final piston engined fighter aircraft.