F3F

The Grumman F3F is a single-seat biplane fighter aircraft produced by the Grumman aircraft for the United States Navy during the mid-1930s. Designed as an improved F2F, it entered service in 1936 as the last biplane fighter to be delivered to any American military air arm. It was retired from front line squadrons at the end of 1941 before World War II, and replaced by the Brewster F2A Buffalo. The F3F inherited the Leroy Grumman-designed retractable main landing gear first used on the Grumman FF, and was the basis for a biplane design ultimately developed into the F4F Wildcat.

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F3F; G-11; G-19; G-22; Grumman G-11; Grumman G-19; Grumman G-22; Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II; Grumman Gulfhawk II; Gulfhawk II
165 produced, 
carrier-capable fighter, biplane with 1 tractor piston-propeller engine, biplane fighter, Grumman, 

Albatros D, Avions Fairey Firefly, Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck, biplane fighter, Boeing 248, Consolidated P-30, CR.20, -1, -3, Firefly II, Gru, LFG Roland D, MB-3, Shenyang J-5, 

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  F3F-1 ⓘ
  fighter aircraft by Grumman

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  F3F-3 ⓘ
  1938 fighter aircraft by Grumman

Frameless

Training aircraft at Naval Air Station Miami, circa in 1942 (80-G-K-13386)

F3F and F4Fs at Grumman factory in 1940

Martlet and F3F at Grumman 1940

LSO guides F3F at NAS Corpus Christi 1941

80-CF-8005-1 USS Ranger (CV-4)

80-CF-8005-1 USS Ranger (CV-4)

F3F - Ray Wagner Collection Photo (16089053335)

Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II NR1050 Dec36 mfr 5035 (GHC via RJF) (17734434053)

A G-22 Gulfhawk on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

A Grumman F3F-2 "Flying Barrel", BuNo. 1033, in Colorado Springs, CO, U.S. in 2024

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	aircraft		F3F-1	Grumman F3F	Wikidata
class	aircraft		F3F-3	Grumman F3F	Wikidata
commons	image		Training aircraft at Naval Air Station Miami, circa in 1942 (80-G-K-13386)		Commons
commons	image		F3F and F4Fs at Grumman factory in 1940		Commons
commons	image		Martlet and F3F at Grumman 1940		Commons
commons	image		LSO guides F3F at NAS Corpus Christi 1941		Commons
commons	image		80-CF-8005-1 USS Ranger (CV-4)		Commons
commons	image		80-CF-8005-1 USS Ranger (CV-4)		Commons
commons	image		F3F - Ray Wagner Collection Photo (16089053335)		Commons
commons	image		Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II NR1050 Dec36 mfr 5035 (GHC via RJF) (17734434053)		Commons
commons	image		A G-22 Gulfhawk on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.		Commons
commons	image		A Grumman F3F-2 "Flying Barrel", BuNo. 1033, in Colorado Springs, CO, U.S. in 2024		Commons