Japan began the Pacific War with two major technological advantages over the U.S. Navy: the much more reliable Long Lance torpedo, and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero carried-based fighter, a design that ...
Many Allied aircraft achieved greatness during WWII, but the Wildcat, usually outnumbered and almost always outclassed, proved to be a stubby hero.
History of pre-war Grumman fighters FF-1, F2F, F3F, the Duck, Goose, Widgeon, the Wildcat fighters of World War II, the Skyrocket, and the XP-50 / by Mitch Mayborn et al Smithsonian Libraries and ...