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List of surviving Grumman F4F Wildcats

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List of surviving Grumman F4F Wildcats
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The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft used by the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy during World War II. Surviving Wildcats are preserved in museums and some are flying Warbirds.[1][2]

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F4F-3 in Guadalcanal Diorama at the Pacific Aviation Museum, Hawaii

Surviving aircraft

Solomon Islands

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F4F-4 on display at Vilu War Museum in Guadalcanal
On display
F4F-4

United Kingdom

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A Grumman Martlet/Wildcat preserved at the Imperial War Museum Duxford
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Martlet I undergoing preservation at the Fleet Air Arm Museum.
Airworthy
FM-2
On display
Martlet I (F4F-3)
Under restoration
FM-1

United States

Airworthy
F4F-3
FM-2
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F4F-3 Wildcat Bu12297 recovered from Lake Michigan on display at the Cradle of Aviation Museum.
On display
F4F-3
F4F-3A
F4F-4
FM-1
FM-2
Under restoration
FM-2
  • 57039 - Restoration is being done by Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan. While conducting training on 28 December 1944, the FM2 Wildcat malfunctioned and rolled off the deck of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable. The pilot, ENS William Forbes, escaped from the aircraft before it sank into Lake Michigan. In early December 2012, the aircraft was moved 45 miles under the water to a safe harbor in Waukegan, Illinois. The Wildcat fighter was lifted from the water on Friday 7 December 2012.[63]
  • 86773 - to airworthiness by private owner in New London, Pennsylvania.[64]
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