Grumman F7F Tigercat ...

[Mark Allen M]

Heres a nice collection of photos this morning. Tigercat Photos from April 1945, Bernard Hoffman - LIFE Collections.














Notice the two kills

[wendovertom]

Thanks Mark! It almost looks like there are two 'kill' markings on that #71 plane!

Tom P.

[Jim MacDonald]

Can anyone make out the name above the kill flags? It looks like Capt. F.T. ????? USMCR to me.

Mac

[K5DH]

Would those be the Captain's wartime victories (I don't like the term "kills") brought forward onto his postwar mount?

[StangStung]

Not postwar - look at the date reference: APRIL 1945.

The war was still in full swing. The Tigercat just hadn't gotten in the mix yet.

[C VEICH]

Is there anything more beautiful than a field full of Tigercats?!!! What I wouldn't give for a time machine.

[Malo83]

Loved watching the Tigercat fly out of the Porterville Air Attack Base when she was a Borate bomber, as they banked left to head to the Sierras they would fly right over our house, the twin radials were like music to my ears, the TBM's were just as nice.

[Chris Brame]

Niiiice! Where was this set taken?