RapidFireWeb Grumman XF5F Skyrocket (USN Photo) The Grumman XF5F Skyrocket was a prototype twin-engined shipboard fighter interceptor. The United States Navy ordered one prototype, model number G-34, from Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation on 30 June 1938; its designation was XF5F-1. The aircraft had a unique appearance: The forward “nose” of the fuselage did not extend forward of … Read more
Idaho Warplanes (Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse, USAF Photo) International collection of jets on static display at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, 9 Oct 2013. These jets and their crews were part of the Mountain Roundup exercise. From the left, a German air force AG-51 Tornado, Republic of Singapore F-15SG, Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 … Read more
Grumman F4F Wildcat (USN Photo) Grumman FM-2 Wildcat, 17. 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 where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atlantic, the Wildcat was the only … Read more
Grumman F7F Tigercat The Grumman F7F Tigercat is a heavy fighter aircraft that served with the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) from late in the Second World War until 1954. It was the first twin-engine fighter to be deployed by the USN. While the Tigercat was delivered too late to … Read more
Historic Warplanes of Hawaii (Senior Airman Gustavo Gonzalez, USAF Photo) Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor, 199th Fighter Squadron operating from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, 2010. (USN Photo) Douglas T2D-1 of the USN assigned to Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, ca 1931, in flight near the Hawaiian Islands. (SDA&SM Photos) Martin T4M-1, A-7893, VT-2B, 2-T-15, … Read more
Grumman J2F Duck (Bill Larkins Photo) Grumman J2F Duck (BuNo. 36937), NAS (NART) Oakland reserve plane in March 1947. The Grumman J2F Duck (company designation G-15) is an American single-engine amphibious biplane. It was used by each major branch of the U.S. armed forces from the mid-1930s until just after the Second World War, primarily … Read more
Grumman F9F Panther (USN Photo) A U.S. Navy Grumman F9F-2 Panther (BuNo 127210), of Fighter Squadron 24 (VF-24) “Corsairs” flies over ships of Task Force 77 with its arresting hook extended, prior to landing the aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) during operations off North Korea on 4 July 1952. Note two aircraft carriers distantly visible above … Read more
Grumman TBF Avenger and TBM Avenger The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in the USA. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. Photos are as credited. Any errors found here are … Read more
Illinois Warplanes (USGOV-PD Photo) Lockheed C-130H3 Hercules (Serial No. 94-670), 169th Airlift Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, 1999. (USGOV-PD Photo) Scott AFB, TC-6 over Hangar in the 1920s. (USAF Photo) North American F-51D-25-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-73428), 169th Fighter Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard. The 169th FS flew the F-51 from 1947 to 1956. (USGOV-PD Photo) … Read more
Houston, Marine Aviation Museum (Alan Wilson Photos) Bell TAH-1P Cobra helicopter (Serial No. 76-22599), c/n 24033. Built in 1976. (Alan Wilson Photo) Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider (BuNo. 126882), c/n 7682. Transferred to the French Air Force in 1961 as No. 85, and then to the Gabonese Air Force in 1968. Recovered from Gabon in 1976. Painted … Read more
