Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Grumman F4F Wildcat

Also searchable as F4F Wildcat, Grumman Martlet, Grumman Wildcat, Wildcat Fighters.

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  1. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    1:39:01Why the Wildcat might be bypassedNotable Point
  2. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    2:20:22What Finland buys if Brewster collapses before the warQ&A
  3. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    7:36:24An accelerated Grumman fighter sequenceQ&A
  4. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    16:00Why Martlet deliveries did not weaken the US NavyQ&A
  5. Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...
    5:55The Buffalo in the US Navy's pugnacious fighter traditionNotable Point
  6. Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...
    15:01Export engines and the Cyclone's altitude penaltyNotable Point
  7. Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...
    55:20The lost third line of US Navy fightersNotable Point
  8. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:30:51Would carrier fighters have saved Force Z?Q&A
  9. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:41:21How carrier fighter direction could bring Buffaloes to Force ZNotable Point
  10. Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings
    59:15U-331's surrender signals fail to stop an air attackNotable Point
  11. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    1:49:23Wildcat formations and the limits of the Thach WeaveNotable Point
  12. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    3:54Martlets, Wildcats, and a shared design lineageNotable Point
  13. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    22:40A squadron adapting through rapid aircraft changesNotable Point
  14. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    26:02Convoy escort by denying German reconnaissanceChapter
  15. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    27:59881 Squadron's fighter role in Operation TungstenChapter
  16. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    34:24From Normandy protection to southern France supportChapter
  17. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    2:23:28Japanese pilot attrition and American tactical learningNotable Point
  18. Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song
    2:33:53Ordering Sea Hurricanes and Martlets before the warQ&A
  19. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:06:02Carrier strikes are generated in wavesNotable Point
  20. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:11:21Zuiho's fighters intercept Enterprise's strike en routeNotable Point
  21. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    2:09:27An early Bearcat could bypass the Hellcat in British serviceQ&A
  22. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    42:03Coral Sea tests Lexington's wartime carrier valueNotable Point
  23. F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 3
    2:01Fleet Air Arm control, American fighters, and industrial capacityChapter
  24. F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 3
    4:25Bearcat as the Wildcat's carrier-fighter successorChapter
  25. F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 3
    8:44Power-to-weight ratio drives the Bearcat designChapter
  26. F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 3
    12:33Power-to-weight as a naval-aircraft yardstickNotable Point
  27. F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 3
    20:50Compact dimensions turn engine power into carrier performanceChapter
  28. F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 3
    23:29Why the Bearcat never gained a wartime reputationNotable Point
  29. "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 2
    17:47Grumman folding wings made big carrier aircraft practicalNotable Point
  30. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    28:31A composite squadron supplied an escort carrier's entire air groupNotable Point
  31. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    32:44How the Fulmar compared with other naval fighters in 1940Notable Point
  32. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:37:49Lexington's fighters defeat the Betty bomber attackChapter
  33. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    48:40The carriers, air groups, and machinery behind the raidsChapter
  34. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    2:29:12Lexington breaks up the first Betty bomber attackChapter
  35. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    43:47Ryūjō's Henderson Field strike drains its air groupChapter
  36. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    0:28How far could Graf Zeppelin's Bf 109T fighters strike?Q&A
  37. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    1:11:36Could Norway inherit French aircraft orders?Q&A
  38. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    9:57Why 100 Martlets would have matteredNotable Point
  39. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    53:19A shipboard fire tests the aircraft-replacement systemNotable Point
  40. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:01:22Shipboard workshops convert a Martlet's wingsNotable Point
  41. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:03:20Carrier aviation in the Madagascar invasionChapter
  42. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:09:26Swordfish and Martlets over Diego SuarezChapter
  43. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    22:06Enterprise's aircraft at Pearl HarborChapter
  44. What books did I bring for #NavHistAus23?
    51:34Sea Hurricanes, Wildcats, and 1939 readinessQ&A
  45. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    2:57:18British changes helped the Wildcat matureQ&A
  46. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    2:59:47Engine, pilot protection, and wing changes to the WildcatQ&A
  47. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    3:07:39British Wildcat armament matched boom-and-zoom tacticsQ&A
  48. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    3:34:31Audacity's six Martlets and the cost of a landing accidentNotable Point
  49. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    3:35:12A Condor's broken tail and the limits of combat inferenceNotable Point
  50. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    3:38:32Why Brown preferred head-on attacks against the CondorNotable Point
  51. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    3:45:01Wildcat energy fighting and mutual support against the ZeroNotable Point
  52. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    3:53:56Wildcat tactics and the full Thach Weave formationQ&A
  53. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    29:15Royal Navy aircraft procurement favored sustained operationsQ&A
  54. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    38:01HMS Audacity breaks the Condor reconnaissance chainChapter
  55. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    1:15:47Taffy 3 fights surface ships off SamarChapter
  56. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    1:13:48From captured merchantman to HMS AudacityChapter
  57. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    1:26:32HMS Archer as a complete carrier in miniatureChapter
  58. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 3
    57:05Why the Royal Navy valued American carrier fightersQ&A
  59. Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p1
    25:04Steam power frees designers from sailing constraintsChapter
  60. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1940
    31:14Accelerate the US Navy's transition to wartime strengthChapter
  61. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    1:48:29How the Martlet compared with European fightersQ&A
  62. Some Sunday Naval Books
    15:58Escort carriers, mining, and shared repair capacityChapter
  63. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    48:12The first American carrier aircraft arrive around 1941Q&A
  64. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:06:08The Zero's performance came with an industrial limitChapter
  65. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    2:56:27How the Fleet Air Arm distributed American fighters by theatreQ&A
  66. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?
    2:29:03Why aircraft progress can look slower after the jet ageQ&A
  67. Bruships 34: Random History
    1:07:54Why Jimmy Thach chose to escort Yorktown's torpedo bombersNotable Point
  68. Bruships 34: Random History
    1:11:35Fitting six Wildcats around a slow torpedo formationNotable Point
  69. Bruships 34: Random History
    1:13:36Why the Thach Weave used four fighters in two sectionsNotable Point
  70. Bruships 34: Random History
    1:17:20Why the Thach Weave did not transfer neatly to the Bf 110Q&A
  71. Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 322
    17:35Evidence for a lost Supermarine carrier fighterChapter
  72. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    21:49How the Wildcat became a wartime fighterQ&A
  73. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    46:43Wake Island's improvised Marine air defenceChapter
  74. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    17:10Fulmars: useful patrol fighters with a costly limitationChapter
  75. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    13:32American carrier-fighter options before the CorsairNotable Point
  76. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops
    23:05Why escort carriers needed fighters as well as ASW aircraftNotable Point
  77. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    12:01Eric Brown makes naval aircraft testing readableChapter
  78. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:10:28Fleet Air Arm fighter choice often came down to availabilityQ&A
  79. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    26:18Japanese and British naval aces in paired readingNotable Point
  80. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    45:15How radar-directed fighters could disrupt a Japanese strikeNotable Point
  81. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    1:58:41Eric Brown as a source on Fleet Air Arm fightersQ&A