The F4F Wildcat, a carrier-based aircraft, saw service from the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor in 1941 to the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri nearly four years later. NASM As Joe Foss ...

During the offset of the Pacific War, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter reigned as the supreme fighter, uncontested by any American counterparts. This would be the case for the first years of the war, ...

ALAMEDA — A World War II-era fighter plane that spent 50 years at the bottom of Lake Michigan has taken on a new role as an exhibit at the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum. The aircraft, an F4F ...

One of the stars of the Battle of the Midway now has a home at that USS Midway Museum. A rare F4F Wildcat arrived at the downtown San Diego museum after several years spent in restoration at the hands ...

This episode follows Leroy Grumman’s early breakthroughs and the step by step evolution that led to the F4F Wildcat, from prewar prototypes to combat reality in the Pacific. Outmatched on paper, the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Leroy Grumman's F4F Wildcat was not ...

Japan began the Pacific War with two major technological advantages over the U.S. Navy: the much more reliable Long Lance torpedo, and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero carried-based fighter, a design that ...

Airline pilot Mark Watt flies Steve Craig's Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat at an airshow in 2005. Doug Fisher Steve Craig, a hospitality industry entrepreneur in Lawrence, Kansas, is one of those rare and ...

Though Butch O’Hare did live to receive his Medal of Honor, he didn’t live to see the end of the war. If you’ve ever lived in or traveled to the city of Chicago, Illinois, then you’re undoubtedly ...

The Grumman F4F Wildcat is a Tier 5 fighter plane for the U.S.A. The F4F Wildcat is required in order to unlock the Chance Vought F4U-1 Corsair. Every plane in World ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition – Grumman F4F Wildcat & Martlet Developed by Just Flight, the Wildcat and Martlet add-on for FSX: Steam Edition ...