By comparison, Germany’s excellent contemporary Bf 109 fighter could fly only 500 ... The U.S. Navy at the time was phasing in the Grumman F4F Wildcat at the expense of the infamously awful ...

Wildcat: The Aerial Duels That Defined the Pacific ... By comparison, Germany’s excellent contemporary Bf 109 fighter could fly only 500 miles, fatefully reducing its effectiveness in the ...