Martlet - Sweat Shirt Space Shuttle Chris is a regular contributor

Chris is a regular contributor to aviation publications such as Aeroplane and Mortons Media

Army in 1986 as an attack helicopter

Six Sea Hawk squadrons took part

The Swordfish remained in service until 1946

flown by aces such as Richard Bong

Martlet - Sweat Shirt Space Shuttle Chris is a regular contributorGrumman F4F Wildcat Martlet The Fleet Air Arm bought the Wildcat before it was used by the US Navy, was renamed as the Martlet and replaced the Fairey Fulmar. Christmas day 1940 a Martlet shot down a Junkers Ju88 over Scapa Flow which was the first combat victory by a US built fighter in British service in World War II. Eric M 'Winkle' Brown flew the Wildcat Martlet and commented that, "this Grumman fighter was one of the finest shipboard aeroplanes