A Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighter from Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3) prepares for takeoff on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), circa 1941. (U.S. Navy Photograph, U.S. National Archives.) (U.S. Navy...
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A collection of U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters from Escort-Fighter Squadron VGF-27 parked alongside Fighter Strip No. 1 on Guadalcanal in February 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A lineup of U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters from Fighting Squadron 9 (VF-9) and Fighting Squadron 41 (VF-41), of Carrier Air Group Four (CVG-4), calibrate guns aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4)...
A Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter undergoes maintenance at an air base in the United States, circa 1942-43. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Dauntless dive bombers and Grumman Wildcat fighters are parked on the deck of escort carrier USS Santee (ACV-29) during Operation Torch in November 1942. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A U.S. Navy FM-2 Wildcat fighter flies a combat air patrol over the escort carrier USS Santee (CVE-29) during the Leyte Invasion in October 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter of Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3) photographed at Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu in May 1942 with ground crew. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter of Fighting Squadron 41 (VF-41) photographed in flight in 1942. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A pair of Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters from Fighting Squadron VF-6 on the elevator of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Doolittle Raid, April 1942. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A U.S. Navy Grumman XF4F-3 Wildcat prototype photographed during flight testing in 1939. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)