F8F's ...

[Mark Allen M]

Source, San Diego Air and Space Museum archives, National Museum of Naval Aviation archives, Library of Congress archives, my personal collection.


F8F-1 95001 at Monterey CA in June 1947


Grumman F8F-1 94788 at Hayward CA on April 14 1946






Grumman F8F-1 in hangar with gun pods


Grumman F8F-1 on ground wings folded






F8F Blue Angels 1




Grumman F8F-1 VNAF Saigon


947894 Grumman XF8F 1 Bearcat


Hayward Airport April 14 1946






Grumman F8F-1 BuNo 95320 used by CDR Harry E Cook Jr as Air Group Commander for AG-19 USS Boxer

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Grumman XF8F-1 on ground wings folded


An F8F Bearcat taxis on the flight deck during carrier qualifications aboard the USS Monterey CVL-26






F8F-2 Bearcat of VF-61 Jolly Rogers USS FDR 1949














Flying over the San Francisco Ocean Beach area on June 2 1947


Grumman Bearcat from the USS BOXER over San Francisco in June 1947

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F8F barrier crash aboard USS Tarawa 1948


F8F barrier crash aboard USS Tarawa 1948


F8F barrier crash aboard USS Tarawa 1948


F8F barrier crash aboard USS Tarawa 1948




F8F accident at Cecil Field 1949


F8F accident at Cecil Field 1949


F8F accident at Cecil Field 1949




USS Valley Forge 1948






Cleveland National Air Race pilots pictured in front of an F8F Bearcat at Naval Auxiliary AirStation Charlestown Rhode Island