This page features more selected views of General Motors FM-2 fighters.
For more pictorial coverage of FM-2 "Wildcat"
fighters, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
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Photo #: NH 94875 General Motors FM-2 "Wildcat" fighter Gets a "wave-off"from the Landing Signal Officer, while attempting to land on USS Makin Island (CVE-93), circa 1944-45. Courtesy of PHC John Highfill, USN (Retired). U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: 80-G-354753 General Motors FM-2 "Wildcat" fighter Upended after a barrier crash on board USS Sable (IX-81), during pilot training in the Great Lakes, May 1945. Another FM-2 is flying past in top center. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 94872 USS Makin Island (CVE-93) Crewmen pull a FM-2 "Wildcat" fighter back from the forward edge of the flight deck, after it flipped over in a "freak accident", circa 1944-1945. Courtesy of PHC John Highfill, USN (Retired). U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 150KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: 80-G-243864 Ensign Darrell C. Bennett, A-V(N), USNR Stands beside his plane, a General Motors FM-2 "Wildcat" fighter, on board USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73), 1 August 1944. Note pinup art and nickname "Smokey's Lucky Witch" adorning the engine cowling; what appears to be a Composite Squadron Ten (VC-10) insignia below the cockpit windshield; plane numbers ("27") in white on the wing leading edge and and in black under the lip of the cowling; and Ensign's Bennett's flight gear and .45 caliber M1911A1 pistol carried in a shoulder holster. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 94KB; 605 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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For more pictorial coverage of FM-2 "Wildcat"
fighters, see:
NOTES:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 21 January 2001
Coding updated 6 May 2009