F4F Wildcat Photographs | World War II Database

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F4F Wildcat fighters of the US Navy and US Marines lined up on Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Jan 1943, photo 2 of 2	Wildcat receiving maintenance in the United States, circa 1942-1943

Flight deck of the USS Santee filled with SBD-3 Dauntless scout-bombers and F4F-4 Wildcat fighters bound for Operation Torch in North Africa, Nov 1942. Note target and distance information chalked on the flight deck.	TBF-1 Avengers and SBD Dauntless bombers running up their engines aboard USS Ranger off West Africa during Operation Torch, Nov 1942. Note one F4F Wildcat without its engine running.

US Army Air Force B-17s overfly US Marine and US Navy F4F or FM-2 Wildcat aircraft at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942	US Marine ground crew putting out a fire on a Wildcat fighter, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942

Wildcat fighters testing their machine guns aboard Ranger off North Africa, Nov 1942	F4F-4 Wildcat taking off from Ranger for strikes against Fedala, French Morocco (now Mohammedia, Morocco), 9 Nov 1942. Note airborne Army O-59A Grasshopper observation planes launched from Ranger minutes before.

Martlet fighter aboard HMS Formidable off North Africa, Nov 1942	Martlet fighter on the flight deck of HMS Formidable, off North Africa, Nov 1942

Martlet fighters aboard HMS Formidable off North Africa, Nov 1942	Wildcat, circa 1942-1943

British Martlet II (Wildcat) fighter at La Senia airbase, Oran, Algeria, 14 Dec 1942, photo 1 of 2	British Martlet II (Wildcat) fighter at La Senia airbase, Oran, Algeria, 14 Dec 1942, photo 2 of 2

After an aborted landing, an F4F-4 Wildcat bolters around the island of the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943.	Aircraft mechanics strapping in pilots of Martlet fighters aboard HMS Formidable, 1940s

An SNJ Texan, an F4F Wildcat, and a TBF-1 Avenger tied down on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943.	F4F-4 Wildcat fighters of a Marine Fighting Squadron at rest on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomons, 1942-43.

Martlet fighter of No. 888 Squadron FAA taking off from HMS Formidable, Mediterranean Sea, circa 1942-1943	Martlet fighter of No. 888 Squadron FAA taking off from HMS Formidable, Mediterranean Sea, circa 1942-1943