~~ Colour Plates — This 14-page section profiles many of the aircraft flown by the elite pilots of the US Navy and Marine Corps, plus the more notable Martlet naval av of the Fleet Air Arm. All the artwork has been spe- cially commissioned for this volume, and profile is Davey, Keith Fretwell and John Weal, rors artists 1 Grumman FA4F-3 whi USS Lexington, 7 May 1942 Commanding VF-3, USS Lexington, 10 April 1942 Grumman FAF-4 BuNo 5093/white 23, flown by Lt Cdr John S Thach, Officer Commanding VF-3, USS Yorktown, Midway, 4 June 1942 1, flown by Lt Cdr Paul H (‘Hubert’) Ramsey, Officer Cominanding VF-2, Grumman F4F-3 BuNo 3976/white F-1, flown by Lt John Smith (‘Jimmy’) Thach, Officer plus figure artist Mike Chappell, have gone co great pains to illustrate the aircraftand their pilots asaccu- rately as possible following in-depth research, Aces’ machines that have never previously been illustrated in colour are featured alongside accurate renditions | of the more famous Wildcats from World War 2.VF3, USS Grumman F4F-3 BuNo 4031/white F-15, flown by Lt Edward H |'Butch’) 0’ Lexington, 20 February 1942 Grumman FAF-3 BuNo 3986/white F-13, flown by Lt Edward H O'Hare, VF-3, USS Lexington, 10 April 1942 Grumman F4F-4 BuNo 5192/black F12, flown by Lt James Julian ('Pug’) Southerland, VF-5, USS. Saratoga, 7 August 1942 4Grumman F4F-3A BuNo 3914/black F-14, flown by Lt Wilmer E (‘Bill’) Rawle, VF-6, USS Enterprise, 1 February 1942 Grumman FaF-4 BuNo 5075/black 20, flown by Machinist Donald Eugene Runyon, VF-6, USS. Enterprise, 24 August 1942 10 Grumman F4F-4 white 18, flown by AP/1¢ Howard Stanton Packard, VF-6, USS Enterprise, August 1942 11 Grumman FAF-4 black 9-F-1, flown by Lt Cdr John Raby, VF-9, USS Ranger, Operation Torch, November 1942Grumman FaF-4 BuNo 03417/white 19, flown by Lt Stanley Winfield ('Swede'] Vejtasa, VF-10, USS Enterprise, 26 October 1942 13 Grumman FAF-4 BuNo 5238/white 14, flown by Ensign Edwin Lewis (‘Whitey’) Feightner, VF-10, USS Enterprise, 30 January 1943 14 Grumman F4F-4 white F21, flown by Ltijg) William Nicholas Leonard, VF-11, Guadalcanal, June 1943 15 General Motors FM-2 white 17 of VF-26, USS Santee, October 194416 Grumman FaF-4 black 41-F-1, flown by Lt Cdr Charles Thomas Booth ll, VF-41, USS Ranger, early 1942 = 1: Grumman FAF-4 black 41-F-22, flown by Lt\jg) Charles Alfred (‘Windy’) Shields, VF-41, USS Ranger, Operation Torch, November 1942 18 Grumman FaF-3 BuNo 2531 /black F-2, flown by Ensign Elbert Scott McCuskey, VF-42, USS Yorktown, 8 May 1942 19 Grumman F4F-4 BuNo 02148/black 30, flown by Lt Cdr Courtney Shands, VF-71, USS Wasp, August 194220 . Grumman FAF-4 BuNo 02069/white 27, flown by Ensign George Leroy Wrenn, VF-72, USS Hornet, 26 October 1942 Grumman FAF-4 black 29-GF-10, flown by Ensign Bruce Donald Jacques, VGF-23, USS Santee, Operation Torch, November 1942 General Motors FIV-2 triangle 7, flown by Lt Leo Martin Ferko, VC-4, USS White Plains, June to October 1944 23 General Motors FM-2 white B6 MAH BABY. flown by Ens Joseph D McGraw, VC-10, USS Gambier Bay, 24 October 194425 26 Grumman FAF-4 black 29, flown by 1st Lt Jefferson Joseph DeBlane, VMF-112, USMC, 31 January 1943 Grumman FA4F-4 white 84, flown by Captain Joseph Jacob Foss, VMF-121, USMC, October 194228 Grumman F4F-4 white 50, flown by Captain Joseph Jacob Foss, VMF-121, USMC, Guadalcanal 12 November 1942 31 Grumman F4F-4 02124/white 77, flown by Lt James Elms Swett, VMF-221, USMC, 7 April 184332 Grumman F4F-4 BuNo 02100/black 13, flown by Captain Marion E Carl, VMF-223, USMC, Guadalcanal August 1942 Grumman F4F-4 BuNo 03508/black 13, flown by Captain Marion E Carl, VMF-223, USMC, Guadalcanal September 1942 35 Grumman FAaF-3 white MF-1, flown by Major R E Galer, VMF-224, USMC, Guadalcanal Soptember-October 1942 36 Grumman Martlet | AL254/R, flown by Sub-Lt Eric Brown, No 802 Sqn, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Audacity, 8 November 19414 Grumman FAF-4 white 2, unit and pilot unknown, USMC, Guadalcanal September 194237 Grumman Martlet | BJ562/A, flown by Sub-Lt Parke, RNVR, No 804 Sqn, Fleet Air Arm, Skeabrae, Orkney, 24 December 1940 38 Grumman Martlet ll AX733/K, flown by Sub-Lt W M Walsh RN, No 805 Sqn, Fleet Air Arm, Western Desert, 28 September 1947 39 Grumman Wildcat V JV573, flown by Sub-Lt R A Fleischman-Alllen RN, No 813 Sqn, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Vindex, February 1945 40 Grumman Wildcat (Martlet) IV FN135, Sub-Lt R K L Yeo RN, No 819 Sqn, Fl41 Grumman Martlet il AMS74/J, flown by Sub/Lt B J Waller RN, No 881 Sqn, Floet Air Arm, HMS illustrious, Madagascar, May 1942 42 Grumman Wildcat VI JV377/6-C, flown by Lt Cdr Bird RN, No 882 Sqn, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Searcher, 26 March 1945 43 Grumman Martlet Il FN112/0-70, flown by Lt Dennis Mayvore Jeram RN, No 888 Sqn, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Formidable, Operation Torch, 9 November 1942