Talk:Grumman F4F Wildcat

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I personally think that the info-box doesn't appear right in all browsers. The font is awfully small in my Opera. Someone might want to resize a bit. All the other boxes seem to behave okay. This particular box is tricky. 212.50.134.60 11:21, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I need help

Hi there! I have tried hard to obtain some information on a WWII item we found in eastern germany. As there were no or just negative replies, this is my last try. My friend runs a little museum in eastern germany where this item is displayed next to remainders of american, english, german and french aircrafts but he knows nothing about it. The only thing I was able to find out is that this item is definitely of american origin (confirmed by the royal air-force museum). So I am going to post the picture here and I hope that someone can help me or knows somebody who can. Maybe you can also redirect me to a better place to post this request....I would appreciate your advice! Thanks in advance! 164.77.50.5 (talk) 22:34, 18 February 2008

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TAIC Report No.17, Nov 1944

The assertion that the Hellcat could beat the Zero in low speed is a very suspicious claim. Even the the TAIC Report have noticed: "The Zeke 52 was greatly superior to the F6F-5 in slow speed turn at low and medium altitudes, its advantage decreasing to about parity at 30,000 feet. In slow speed turns it could gains one turn in three and one-half at 10,000 feet." And recommend not to dog-fight or the attempt to outmaneuver it. Regards Bouquey (talk) 03:07, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

I agree, there is no source that can really support this one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.11.3.98 (talk) 15:02, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

True losses underrated.

178 losses was, AFAIK, the figure for the Wildcat lost in combat only until the end of 1943 vs about 900 kill claimed, and NOT for all the war.

Apart this, the amount of airplanes lost to fire or destroyed at the ground is ridicolously low. Just think to the examples bombed at Henderson Field, the ones lost with Lexington, Hornet, Yorktown, Wasp and some other ships. Cleary, this is an information partially and highly biased, even if the last FM-2 Wildcat had an excellent kill-loss ratio. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.11.3.98 (talk) 15:50, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

ratio over time

The opening section says 'The Wildcat has a claimed air combat kill-to-loss ratio of 5.9:1 in 1942 and 6.9:1 for the entire war', according to this video: V1 Wildcat vs Zero 12012022 on youtube, and my understanding from watching documentaries int he past, at the beginning of the war the ratio was much lower, this video saying that in 1942 it was 1.5:1, only increasing to 5.9:1 in 1943.

This is pretty significant, does anyone know the source of the diagram in the video? Terrainman (talk) 04:23, 15 November 2024 (UTC)