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The F4F-3A, which was capable of 312 mph (502 km/h) at 16,000 ft (4,900 m), was used side by side with the F4F-3, but its poorer performance made it unpopular with U.S. Navy fighter pilots. The F4F-3A would enter service as the Martlet III(B) .
{{Information| |Description = Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" of Fighting Squadron 41 in flight, circa early 1942. |Source = From the Naval Historical Center. Official United States Navy picture, and thus in the public domain.
U.S. Marine Corps Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, in January 1943. Date: January 1943: Source: Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph from the USMC University history division . Author: U.S. Marine Corps
English: A U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat in flight, in February 1942. The plane appears to be BuNo 3987. It was assigned to Fighting Squadron 2 (VF-2) and was lost with the carrier on 8 May 1942. In February 1942, VF-2 operated out of Oahu, Hawaii.
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On 20 August, the first Marine pilots landed their aircraft at Henderson Field. As part of MAG-23, flying from the escort aircraft carrier USS Long Island, these first aircraft included 18 x F4F Wildcat fighter planes of VMF-223 led by Major John L. Smith and 12 x SBD Dauntless dive bombers of VMSB-232 led by Lt. Colonel Richard Mangrum. These ...
7 Grumman F4F-3A Wildcat, fighters; 1 light utility aircraft; Task Force 17: Yorktown: 77 aircraft (sunk) 25 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, fighters; 37 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless, dive bombers; 15 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, torpedo bombers (13 lost) Task Force 16: Enterprise: 78 aircraft 27 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, fighters; 37 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless, dive ...
Grumman had been working on a successor to the F4F Wildcat since 1938, and the contract for the prototype XF6F-1 was signed on 30 June 1941. The aircraft was originally designed to use the Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone two-row, 14-cylinder radial engine of 1,700 hp (1,300 kW) (the same engine used with Grumman's then- new torpedo bomber under ...