Word: wildcatted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Threat or Reality? Since a general railroad strike is intolerable, no one seriously envisioned one. But the threat of wildcat strikes is real...
...Older Wildcat fighter planes, with an effective range of 400 miles, were sound defensive ships but could not give bombers protection for attacks on major Jap bases. The Corsair's 70O-mile range changed that picture, made possible the knockout and capture of vital Munda; Fighter 124 became the first U.S. squadron to use the landing strip there...
...Wildcat (Grumman F4F), to which Under Secretary Forrestal of the Navy referred when he said "In my opinion Grumman saved Guadalcanal." Powered by a 1,200-h.p. engine, the Wildcat is still regarded as better than anything the Jap has, is still being manufactured...
Report from Butch. First of these returns from the front was brought in by the Navy's "Butch" O'Hare. What the Navy needed, he told Grumman men, was a fighter aircraft that could outclimb and outmaneuver a Zero, carry more .50-caliber guns than the Wildcat (four), lug a decent load of armor, and range farther than any Navy fighter had ever ranged before...
...Hellcat (F6F) is a big fighter with a strong family resemblance to the Wildcat. It has the same square wingtips, a bumblebee body...