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F8F Bearcat Detail In Action

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F8F BEARCAT DETAIL IN ACTION
Paperback

By David Doyle.
The Grumman F8F Bearcat represents the pinnacle of US
carrier-borne piston-engine fighter design. Marrying a compact,
lightweight airframe with a powerful 18-cylinder Pratt & Whitney
Double Wasp radial engine churning out more than 2,000 horsepower
produced an aircraft intended to be an interceptor that could
operate from the smallest escort carriers. While the Bearcat
prototype first took to the air in August 1944, and the first
squadron equipped with the new fighters was operational in May
1945, the war ended before the Bearcat actually saw combat in
World War II. The type would ultimately see combat in the First
Indochina War. Chronicling this diminutive fighter in this 80
page volume is a blend of 89 vintage black-and-white photos, as
well as 13 color photos from the same time period, augmented by
77 further color photos of preserved aircraft. Five full-color
profiles and 17 line drawings capture the nuances of this famed
warbird.
ISBN 978-0-89747-747-5 Paperback