Originally posted by eng3firemn
Sweeeet Ride Whels!!!! F8 Bearcat ... started asking HT about one more than a year ago
. I mean, if we have the 262, why not the next plane in the Grumman Series?
The F8F and Ta152 would be in the saem situation but fo1 1 thing,
we were fighting over Germany so the 152s saw action easy. The F8F was having to travel 3000+ miles to the enemy, and the war vs Japan ended before the Langley made it to the front lines.
But F8Fs were combat operation, and on CVs otw to front.
I think If planes were in production and approved for combat Ops
they should be in AH, the late late war planes and limited
production #s due to end of war would be Perked of course.
whels