Grumman Avengers flown by RCN and RCNVR pilots in service with the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy (FAA Photo) Royal Navy Grumman Avenger over the British escort carrier HMS Biter (D97) during convoy escort duty in the Atlantic, 1943/44. The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American-built torpedo … Read more
Grumman Hellcats flown by RCN and RCNVR pilots in service with the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy (IWM Photo, A24533) Royal Navy Grumman Hellcats flown by Dutch pilots of No. 1840 Squadron based at Royal Naval Air Station Eglinton, Northern Ireland, 23 June 1944. The British Fleet Air Arm (FAA) received 1,263 F6Fs Hellcats under … Read more
Grumman Martlets flown by RCN and RCNVR pilots in service with the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy (RN Photo) Grumman Martlet flown by RCN and RCNVR pilots in service with the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy. Grumman Wildcats ordered by the French government in 1939, but when France fell to the Germans in 1940, the … Read more
