This F4F-4 Wildcat from VF-9 serving aboard the USS Ranger. The Grumman F4F Wildcat was the standard carrier-based fighter of the United States Navy for the first year and a half of World War II. An improved version built by General Motors (the General Motors FM Wildcat) remained in service throughout the war, on escort carriers where newer, larger and heavier fighters could not be used. The Wildcat was outperformed by the Mitsubishi Zero, its major opponent in the Pacific war, but held its own by absorbing far more damage and wielding more firepower. With heavy armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, the Grumman airframe could survive far more than its lightweight, unarmored Japanese rival.

Today's example is from Dragon Wings. It is 1:72nd scale and made of diecast with plastic accessories. The model is of the Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat US Navy from VF-9 "Cat o' Nines", USS Ranger in North Africa during Operation Torch in November 1942.

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