On this day in aviation history, 81 years ago (December 31, 1944), the Grumman F8F Bearcat officially entered service with the United States Navy. The Bearcat was a single-engine carrier-based fighter ...
From the F4F Wildcat to the F6F Hellcat and the lightning-fast F8F Bearcat, Grumman’s carrier fighters shaped the Pacific War. This video traces engineering breakthroughs, performance enhancements, ...