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GRUMMAN F8F BEARCAT

Grumman F8F-1 (Bu. 95318) of VA-20A banking over San Francisco on June 2, 1947.
[Source: W.T. Larkins]

The Grumman F8F Bearcat (affectionately called "Bear") was an American single-engine naval fighter aircraft of the 1940s. It went on to serve into the mid-20th Century in the United States Navy and other air forces, and would be the company's final piston engined fighter aircraft.

– Design/Development
– Operational History
– Specifications
– Variants
– Survivors

Sources:
Wikipedia: Grumman F8F Bearcat
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