By the last half of World War II, most new US fighter designs were much heavier and more complex than earlier fighters.

Classified ¿Restricted¿, the manual was declassified and is here reprinted in book form. This affordable facsimile has been slightly reformatted. Care has been taken however to preserve the integrity of the text.

The Grumman F8F Bearcat represents the pinnacle of US carrier-borne piston-engine fighter design.

The Grumman F8F was a fast, agile, carrier-borne fighter aircraft developed as the ultimate dogfighter for the Pacific Theater. This is the most complete collection of Bearcat photography in print.

Through compelling accounts, never-before-seen photographs, and detailed drawings, "F6F Hellcat at War "tells the story of one of the war's most successful yet underappreciated fighter aircraft.

The Grumman F4F Wildcat was a single-engine fighter embarked wing media developed by the US Air Force Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation in the late thirties.

Il Grumman F4F Wildcat era un monomotore da caccia imbarcato ad ala media sviluppato dall'azienda aeronautica statunitense Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation nei tardi anni trenta.