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The British received 300 Eastern Aircraft FM-1s giving them the designation Martlet V in 1942–43 and 340 FM-2s, (having changed to using the same name as the US) as the Wildcat VI. [21] Nearly 1,200 Wildcats were flown by the FAA and by January 1944, the Martlet name was dropped and the type was identified as the Wildcat.
[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 ...
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.
16 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Manila Bay (Capt. Fitzhugh Lee, III) Composite Squadron 80 (Lt. Cmdr. H.K. Stubbs, USNR) 16 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Carrier Division 27 (Rear Adm. William D. Sample) Marcus Island (Capt. C.F. Greber) Composite Squadron 21 (Lt. Cmdr T.O. Murray) 12 FM-2 Wildcat ...
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These six escort carriers carried about 165 aircraft, equivalent to two fleet carriers. Each carrier had a squadron composed of twelve to fourteen FM-2 Wildcat fighters and an equivalent number of Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers. Yet, the carriers had a top speed of only 18 knots, far less than the Japanese cruisers and destroyers capable ...
16 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Manila Bay (Capt. Fitzhugh Lee, III) Composite Squadron 80 (Lt. Cmdr. H.K. Stubbs) 16 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Carrier Division 27 (Rear Adm. William D. Sample) Marcus Island (Capt. C.F. Greber) Composite Squadron 21 (Lt. Cmdr T.O. Murray) 12 FM-2 Wildcat fighters
20 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Savo Island (Capt. W.D. Anderson) VC-91 (Lt. F.M. Blanchard, USNR), 35 aircraft 20 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Anzio (Capt. G.C. Montgomery) VC-13 (Lt. Cmdr. R.P. Williams, USNR), 24 aircraft 12 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Screen (Commander ...