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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]
[22] [23] F4F FM-2, tail number N18P, from the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, at the Alliance Air Show in Ft. Worth, Texas. F4F-3 Wildcat Bu12297 recovered from Lake Michigan on display at the Cradle of Aviation Museum. 86680 - based at Collings Foundation in Stow, Massachusetts. [24] [25] unique in having a passenger cabin. It is shown to be able to ...
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 112, was originally activated as VMF-112, at San Diego, California on 1 March 1942.. Original VMF-112 Squadron Patch. Deploying shortly after to Henderson Field on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in their Grumman F4F Wildcats, the Wolfpack joined the Cactus Air Force with Marine Aircraft Group 11.
In its early years it flew the Vought RF-8A Crusader and Douglas EF-10B Skyknight but these were later replaced by the McDonnell-Douglas RF-4B Phantom II and the Grumman EA-6A Electric Intruder. The squadron was decommissioned following the end of the Vietnam War and the reorganization of the Marine Corps' composite community in 1975.
VF-41 F4F-4s testing their guns on USS Ranger prior to Operation Torch in November 1942 VF-4 F6Fs c.1945. During World War II, VF-41 deployed on USS Ranger supported the Allied invasion of Northwest Africa, downing 14 Vichy French aircraft in the Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat on 8/9 November 1942. [2] The squadron lost 7 F4Fs in action over the same ...
VF-7 was originally equipped with Grumman F2F and Grumman F3F aircraft. It was reequipped with the F4F-3 Wildcat in December 1940 and deployed as part of Carrier Air Group 7 (CVG-7) aboard the USS Wasp. [2] From January to March 1942 VF-72 was deployed on USS Ranger in the Atlantic Fleet. [3]
Fighter Squadron 3 or VF-3, was an aviation unit of the United States Navy.Originally established on 1 July 1922, it was disestablished in May 1924. [1]VF-6 squadron was redesignated as VF-3 from 1 July 1937 until 14 July 1943.
VMF-123 was commissioned on 7 September 1942 at Camp Kearney.The squadron took delivery of 18 Grumman F4F Wildcats in December of that year. A large percentage of the squadron’s initial pilots came from the experienced VMF-121 hoping it would require them less time to become combat ready.