Word: grummans
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Last month Major Richard Ira Bong, a P-38 Lightning pilot, shot down his 26th and 27th planes over New Guinea, breaking a tie which had long existed between two marine pilots, Major Joe Foss (Grumman Wildcat) and missing Major Gregory Boyington (Vought Corsair). Thus Dick Bong became the U.S. Ace of Aces...
Like Captain Bong, the other seven, all Marines, racked up their records in the Pacific. Tops with 26 each are veteran Major Joe Foss (Grumman Wildcat) and Major Gregory Boyington (Vought Corsair), who disappeared after knocking down his last victim (TIME...
...Navy as yet has used no two-engine fighter airplanes. However, the F7F, developed by Grumman, is scheduled for early production...
Guam, Too. Douglas and Curtiss dive-bombers roared out of the predawn to smack the twin, 15-mile-long islands of Saipan and Tinian, while Grumman Hellcats provided cover and strafing. Later in the day a second strike was launched on schedule. A smaller delegation of Navy pilots bombed U.S.-owned Guam, 85 miles farther south, for the first time since the Japs seized it in December...
...Grumman Aircraft proudly announced that it has the "largest output in the world of combat planes" in any single plant...