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Grumman F8F-2
Bearcat
The F8F was designed to replace the F6F Hellcat. Too late to see combat in WWII, the Bearcat was never used in combat by the U.S. The F8F-2 was built 1948 and was more powerful and generally improved over F8F-1. Of the 305 F8F-2s built, 12 were night fighter variants and 30 were photo-recon aircraft.
