Brewster F2A Buffalo
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The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes w
Brewster F2A 3 Buffalo in flight near NAS Miami, Florida, on 2 August 1942
Brewster XF2A-1 prototype
LT John S. Thach tipped this F2A-1 onto its nose on Saratoga, March 1940
F2A-3s serving as U.S. Navy training aircraft at NAS Miami, 1942–1943
Grumman F4F Wildcat
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The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy and the British Royal Navy. The British made the first use of the type in
Brewster F2A Buffalo
…it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modifications for aircraft carriers. The Buffalo won a competition against the Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1939 to become the U.S. Navy's first monoplane fighter aircraft. Although superior to the Grumman F3F biplane it replaced, and the early F4Fs, the…
F4F-3 in non-reflective blue-gray over light gray scheme from early 1942
The XF4F-3 in 1939; it was written off in a fatal accident on 16 December 1940
An early F4F-3 with prop spinner and cowling guns
A Fleet Air Arm Wildcat in 1944, showing "invasion stripes"