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Canopy of XF8F-1 29 August 1944
Canopy of XF8F-1 28 August 1944
Bearcats of the CASU-5 near San Diego, 12 December 1945
XF8F-1 before first flight, Grumman factory
F8F-1 337 in flight
F8F-1 on the ground
F8F Bearcat ST47 near Patuxent River 10 May 1945 3
F8F near Patuxent River 10 May 1945
Prototype XF8F-1 21 September 1944
Grumman XF8F-1 BuNo 90460
Prototype XF8F-1 21 September 1944 3
Prototype XF8F-1 21 September 1944 2
Prototype of XF8F-1 Bearcat, 21 September 1944 4
Grumman F8F near Patuxent River 10 May 1945 2
Bearcat was an American single-engine naval fighter aircraft of the 1940s. It went on to serve into the mid-20th century in the U.. Navy and other air forces, and would be the Grumman’s final piston engined fighter aircraft.