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Originally Posted by tater
The F4F is not the corsair, that is the F4U.
BuAer named planes by type, number (serially) of said type from manufacturer name code.
F = fighter
4F = 4th procured from supplier code letter F (Grumman) = "Wildcat"
F-4th from supplier U (Vought) = "corsair"
F-6F (6th from Grumman = "Hellcat"
(there were F5F prototypes built for the USN, but they were not built in production---procured even included prototypes).
Anyway, the lowly F4F never had a negative K/D vs the zero.
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oh well then. Wildcats didnt fare well enough against zeros. sorry about the mix up. the wildcat just didnt have the speed, maneuverability, range, or climbing a zero could get. however these problems were quite easily overcome in the F6F Hellcat. and it still had great armor.
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