Talk:F4F-4/@comment-174.111.200.191-20161120024313/@comment-25468567-20161120033658

What are you talking about? The Wildcat was outclassed by the Mitsubishi A6M2&3 in most areas with the only benefit to the wildcat was numbers. The only reason that wildcat pilots were able to hold off against A6Ms was because of the buddy system (i.e. Thatch Weave). If it were not for the amount of aircraft in the air the Japanese could have relied on their superior aircraft and pilots to claim air superiority throughout the war. The US did not field a fighter aircraft that was able to compete with the A6Ms until the introduction of the Corsair later in the war, but by that time most of the Japanese aces were KIA and you should know how that song and dance went.