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Both Avenger and Wildcat are built in the streamlined plant of the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp.-and above each Grumman building flutters the fouled-anchor-&-"E" pennant, the Navy's tribute, (first of its kind to an airplane company...
...Navy will not release either pictures or reports on Avenger operations. Not so with the earlier model Wildcat. Last February, carrier-based Wildcats engaged Japanese land-based aircraft over the Marshall Islands, shot down ten fighters and three bombers without loss of a single U.S. plane. At Wake Island, two Marines in Wildcats sank a Jap cruiser with bombs. Lieut. Commander Edward ("Butch") O'Hare was at a Wildcat's controls when he bagged five Jap bombers and crippled another in a single engagement...
...first time in skiing history, the Harvard A team shoved the front line Dartmouth schussers into second place, racing in the annual Schussverein Downhill Meet yesterday. Originally scheduled for the Bear Mountain trail, the race was finally run on the Wildcat, where Harvard took a close second to Dartmouth last week...
...final team standings were: 1. Harvard "A", total time 7:28.2; 2. Dartmouth "A", 7:32.4; 3. Univ. of N. H., 7:47.4; 4. Harvard '45, 8:06.8; 5. Dartmouth "B"; 6. Schussverein Club; 7. Harvard "B"; 8. Piscataqua S. C.; 9. Norwich U.; 10. Wildcat...
Heartened by their surprise showing on the Wildcat last weekend, the Varsity again is out to give the Dartmouth skiers a run for their money with three teams consisting of eleven men. Five Freshmen make up the fourth group...