Royal Navy - Grumman G-36A or G-36B Martlet I
Royal Navy - Grumman G-36A or G-36B Martlet I (without knowing the serial number it's hard to tell). The French and British Purchasing Commissions ordered Grumman G-36A and G-36Bs respectively. None of the French aircraft reached France before they capitulated in 1940, so they were all diverted to Great Britain, entering service as the Martlet I. The G-36 was to all intents and purposes equivalent to the US Navy F4F-3 Wildcat, but modified to suit the customers, like push throttles instead of pull throttles, British instruments and Radios
Picture No
13463925
Media ID
45779908
Size
4960px x 2848px
(1.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Photo from The Aeroplane' reproduced on a postcard
Date
circa 1940s
