F4F Wildcat

Grumman F4F Wildcat merupakan sebuah pesawat pejuang yang berpangkalan di atas kapal pengangkut pesawat. Ia digunakan oleh Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat dan Tentera Laut Diraja Britain pada tahun 1940. Meskipun digunakan dalam pertempuran buat pertama kalinya oleh Britain di Eropah, Wildcat adalah satu-satunya pesawat pejuang Tentera Laut A.S atau Kor Marin Amerika Syarikat dalam Perang Dunia II pada tahun 1941-42 di Medan Pasifik selain kemunculan singkat pesawat F2A Buffalo. 

Pesawat ini kemudian digantikan dengan pesawat F6F Hellcat yang lebih laju dan mengatasi pesawat Zero. Walaubagaimanaun, FM Wildcat terus dibina oleh General Motors, disepanjang peperangan bagi berperanan sebagai pesawat pengiring kapal pengangkut, di mana penggunaan pesawat pejuang yang lebih besar dan berat tidak dapat digunakan.

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Bibliografi 

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Pautan luar 

 Naval Historical Center Wildcat Entry
 History.navy.mil: "Naval aviation news - F4F" 
 VectorSite Wildcat Entry
 How Leroy Grumman and Jake Swirbul built a high-flying company from the ground up
 Ghost of the lake 

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