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At first, GM produced the FM-1 (identical to the F4F-4 but with four guns). Production later switched to the improved FM-2 (based on Grumman's XF4F-8 prototype, informally known as the "Wilder Wildcat") optimized for small-carrier operations, with a more powerful engine and a taller tail to cope with the increased torque. [24]
English: A U.S. Navy General Motors FM-2 Wildcat fighter prepares to take off from the escort carrier USS Charger (CVE-30) during training operations in the Chesapeake Bay area, 8 May 1944. Another FM-2 is passing overhead with its tail hook down, apparently having received a "wave-off" due to the carrier's fouled flight deck.
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[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 ...
At 7:11, another FM-2 Wildcat was dispatched. Sprague also radioed for assistance from Vice Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, the commander of Task Group 77.2, which had just defeated the Southern Force in the Battle of Surigao Strait. Unfortunately for Sprague, Oldendorf was at least three hours sail away, Task Group 77.2 was scattered over an ...
General Motors FM-2 Wildcat 16278. Now at the Hickory Aviation Museum, Hickory, North Carolina [32] Hawker Siddeley AV-8C Harrier 158387. Now at the Fort Worth Aviation Museum in Fort Worth, Texas [32] McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet 163152 Now at the Pacific Coast Air Museum in Santa Rosa, California [32] Northrop F-5E Tiger II 741564.
After a brief move to NAAF Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico in April 1944, VJ-16 settled in at NAS Miami, Florida in May 1944 and added Martin JM-1/2 Marauder, Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat and Grumman TBM-1J/3J Avenger aircraft to its roster. For the remainder of World War II, the squadron operated detachments in Florida ...