Grumman F7F "Tigercat"

Photography Aviation posted on Oct 03, 2010
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This photo was taken some time ago at The Lone Star Musuem of Flight in Galveston, Texas. The "Tigercat" was a World War II design that was a bit too late to see service during the war. It was the US Navy's first twin engined carrier based aircraft. It was originally designed as a close support bomber for the Marine Corps, but most were built as either single seat fighters or as two seat nightfighters. A few were converted to photo recon planes. The Marine Corps used the Tigercat in Korea as a nightfighter and night interdiction bomber. "Big Bossman" started out as a single seat F7F-3, but was converted to a F7F-3N nightfighter. It was purchased from the Lone Star Museum and now can be seen on the air racing circuit. Armament: Four nose mounted 20mm canons or four .50 cal. machine guns. Purpose built nightfighters mounted their guns in the wings. 2,000 lbs of bombs underwing or one belly mounted torpedo. Maximum Speed: 450 mph (700kmh)

Comments (16)


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jocko500

4:19PM | Sun, 03 October 2010

wonderful pov and image of history

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sandra46

4:54PM | Sun, 03 October 2010

FASCINATING PLANE

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ontar1

5:37PM | Sun, 03 October 2010

Fantastic plane, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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neiwil

6:10PM | Sun, 03 October 2010

Very nice! and neat bit of history.I must confess mixed feelings about using these classic warbirds for racing.It's nice that they still fly but not what they were intended for.....just my opinion.Great photo, is the nose-art repeated on the forward u/c door? or is that something else?

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HADCANCER

11:05PM | Sun, 03 October 2010

Nice pic

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erlandpil

12:37AM | Mon, 04 October 2010

outstanding capture erland

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rainbows

2:57AM | Mon, 04 October 2010

wonderful capture, Rodge. Excellent work. Hugs. Di. xx

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RodolfoCiminelli

4:52AM | Mon, 04 October 2010

Spectacular and fantastic photographic shot my friend.....!!!!

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texboy

9:38AM | Mon, 04 October 2010

a sweet machine! I bet those were some white-knuckle missions in the night skies.... good stuff, bud!

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flavia49

9:59AM | Mon, 04 October 2010

fantastic capture!

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debbielove

10:48AM | Mon, 04 October 2010

Great photo! Wonderful example and super info Rog! I once saw one of these at Flying Legends! They flew all four 'Cats' together! From Wildcat to this one! Impressive.... Well done mate! Rob

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bobcatt

12:14AM | Tue, 05 October 2010

great plane same as the bearcat too late to see service during WWII

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Alex_Antonov

6:23AM | Fri, 08 October 2010

Very nice!

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MagikUnicorn

10:44AM | Sat, 09 October 2010

GORGEOUSSSSSS

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shayhurs

12:52AM | Thu, 11 November 2010

Had one take off with an F8F right after the Blue Angels practice session at SeaFair this year (was a single seat version). They can make some noise and cover some ground... (GRIN)

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junge1

4:24PM | Wed, 06 April 2016

Beautifully captured!


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