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 == Description ==
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-Bob Galer was a naval aviator in the USMC. While flying in his [[F3F-2]] for a landing on the USS Saratoga, a mishap occurred and his F3F-2 was ditched into the ocean. Galer would later become a double ace during the battle of Guadalcanal and would survive the war. He also served in Korea until he retired in the late 1950s. Galer was shot down four times and managed to survive every time. Galer’s F3F-2, still resting at the bottom of the Pacific, was discovered by an American submersible in 1988 and recovered three years later. His plane is currently on display at the National Naval Aviation Museum.
+Bob Galer was a naval aviator in the USMC. While flying in his F3F-2 for a landing on the USS Saratoga, a mishap occurred and his F3F-2 was ditched into the ocean. Galer would later become a double ace during the battle of Guadalcanal and would survive the war. He also served in Korea until he retired in the late 1950s. Galer was shot down four times and managed to survive every time. Galer’s F3F-2, still resting at the bottom of the Pacific, was discovered by an American submersible in 1988 and recovered three years later. His plane is currently on display at the National Naval Aviation Museum.
 Introduced as a premium fighter in [[Update 1.69 "Regia Aeronautica"]], '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a special version of the F3F-2. It mainly differs in the livery and higher reward modifiers compared to the regular F3F-2. Fitted with the 950 hp version of the Wright R-1820 Cyclone, the F3F is a relatively quick bi-plane and can reach an astounding ~506 mph (810 km/h) before overspeeding. Its armament consists of one 12.7 mm and one 7.62 mm machine gun mounted in the nose. Although lacklustre, the F3F-2’s performance more than makes up for it.

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 == Description ==
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-Bob Galer was a naval aviator in the USMC. While flying in his F3F-2 for a landing on the USS Saratoga, a mishap occurred and his F3F-2 was ditched into the ocean. Galer would later become a double ace during the battle of Guadalcanal and would survive the war. He also served in Korea until he retired in the late 1950s. Galer was shot down four times and managed to survive every time. Galer’s F3F-2, still resting at the bottom of the Pacific, was discovered by an American submersible in 1988 and recovered three years later. His plane is currently on display at the National Naval Aviation Museum.
+Bob Galer was a naval aviator in the USMC. While flying in his [[F3F-2]] for a landing on the USS Saratoga, a mishap occurred and his F3F-2 was ditched into the ocean. Galer would later become a double ace during the battle of Guadalcanal and would survive the war. He also served in Korea until he retired in the late 1950s. Galer was shot down four times and managed to survive every time. Galer’s F3F-2, still resting at the bottom of the Pacific, was discovered by an American submersible in 1988 and recovered three years later. His plane is currently on display at the National Naval Aviation Museum.
 Introduced as a premium fighter in [[Update 1.69 "Regia Aeronautica"]], '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a special version of the F3F-2. It mainly differs in the livery and higher reward modifiers compared to the regular F3F-2. Fitted with the 950 hp version of the Wright R-1820 Cyclone, the F3F is a relatively quick bi-plane and can reach an astounding ~506 mph (810 km/h) before overspeeding. Its armament consists of one 12.7 mm and one 7.62 mm machine gun mounted in the nose. Although lacklustre, the F3F-2’s performance more than makes up for it.

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 == Description ==
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-'''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium rank {{Specs|rank}} American fighter {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.69 "Regia Aeronautica"]]. The plane is painted after the camouflage scheme of American pilot Bob Galer in the USMC, whose plane can be viewed today at the National Naval Aviation Museum.
+Bob Galer was a naval aviator in the USMC. While flying in his F3F-2 for a landing on the USS Saratoga, a mishap occurred and his F3F-2 was ditched into the ocean. Galer would later become a double ace during the battle of Guadalcanal and would survive the war. He also served in Korea until he retired in the late 1950s. Galer was shot down four times and managed to survive every time. Galer’s F3F-2, still resting at the bottom of the Pacific, was discovered by an American submersible in 1988 and recovered three years later. His plane is currently on display at the National Naval Aviation Museum.
 == General info ==

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-! 900% Engine power
+! 100% Engine power
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 The F3F is first and foremost a fighter aircraft, this is a role in which it thrives with its brilliant manoeuvrability allowing it to deal with majority of enemy aircraft in a turn fight, trying to get an enemy aircraft to turn with you will be the best way to engage and win a fight, if the enemy is a monoplane they will usually have worse performance at slower speeds, so making them turn and lose energy is a good way to gain an advantage with your superior slow speed performance, if the enemy aircraft is also a biplane your main focus should be preventing them from getting guns onto your aircraft, if you can gain a turning advantage you should move into position and attempt to down the enemy aircraft, your two guns can end up putting lots of rounds into an enemy, but a hit to any critical component such as the pilot or engine will either end the fight or put it strongly in your favour. It is best to avoid "head on" engagements with enemy aircraft, as the engine on the F3F has a large frontal profile (Radial engine) along with the engine front being exposed, this makes the engine being hit a common occurrence and without your engine survival is unlikely.
-The F3F will commonly come across aircraft with superior top speed, such as many of the early Bf-109 variants (A,B-1,E-1 & F-1), these aircraft will usually attempt to use a "boom & zoom" attack style against your aircraft, the best you can do is to keep a good amount of energy and be ready to evade when the commit to an attack run, if you can evade them for long enough you will hopefully receive some help from some of your other team members or you might be able to make the enemy try and commit to a turn fight where you should have an advantage and be able to critically damage or down their aircraft.
+The F3F will commonly come across aircraft with superior top speed, such as many of the early Bf 109 variants (A,B-1,E-1 & F-1), these aircraft will usually attempt to use a "boom & zoom" attack style against your aircraft, the best you can do is to keep a good amount of energy and be ready to evade when the commit to an attack run, if you can evade them for long enough you will hopefully receive some help from some of your other team members or you might be able to make the enemy try and commit to a turn fight where you should have an advantage and be able to critically damage or down their aircraft.
 As for using the F3F for close air support (CAS) you will have a few possibilities, the most popular choice will be to take the two 100 lb bombs (AN-M30A1), these only contain 24.5 kg of explosive mass so you will need to land them very close to the intended target to do any meaningful damage. A second option is to use your .50 cal (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine gun to destroy ground targets, all belts for this gun have 26 mm of penetration, although the ground targets belts are best as they contain more AP rounds, these will be able to go through SPAA (Self Propelled Anti Aircraft) vehicles as well as some light & medium tanks, firing for the upper armour or side armour on enemy vehicles will usually prove to be the most effective way of going through enemy armour.

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 * [[F3F-2]] - the normal tech tree version of the F3F
-* [[Zhukovsky's I-153-M62]] - similar Soviet aircraft
+* [[Zhukovsky's I-153-M62]] - similar Soviet biplane
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 * Low ammunition count for the 12.7 mm machine gun
 * Can flip over the nose when landing if the brakes are held down too long
-* The 100lb bombs are small and aren't very effective against ground targets
+* The 100 lb bombs have a small explosive warhead and therefore aren't very effective against ground targets
 == History ==

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 * Low ammunition count for the 12.7 mm machine gun
 * Can flip over the nose when landing if the brakes are held down too long
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 ;Skins
 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=f3f-2_galer Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
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 == External links ==
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 [[File:Galer's F3F screenshot 5.jpg|thumb]]
-The F3F-2 is a highly manoeuvrable aircraft as would be expected from its biplane configuration, this allows it to competitively turn with majority of the enemy aircraft that it encounters, the energy retention is good at lower speeds (<250km/h), but at higher speeds the F3F-2 will lose energy quickly when in a hard turn, problems will be found when facing higher BR monoplane fighters which will have a considerably superior top speed this can cause problems due to the slower speed of the F3F.
+The F3F-2 is a highly manoeuvrable aircraft as would be expected from its biplane configuration, this allows it to competitively turn with majority of the enemy aircraft that it encounters, the energy retention is good at lower speeds (<250 km/h), but at higher speeds the F3F-2 will lose energy quickly when in a hard turn, problems will be found when facing higher BR monoplane fighters which will have a considerably superior top speed this can cause problems due to the slower speed of the F3F.
-Despite the slower speed of the F3F-2 it does have good early acceleration (0-240km/h) and will usually be one of the first aircraft in the air at the start of the match thanks to its 210m needed takeoff distance, the 16m/s climb rate will also allow for the F3F-2 to have an altitude against majority of the enemy fighters that it will face.
+Despite the slower speed of the F3F-2 it does have good early acceleration (0-240 km/h) and will usually be one of the first aircraft in the air at the start of the match thanks to its 210 m needed takeoff distance, the 16 m/s climb rate will also allow for the F3F-2 to have an altitude against majority of the enemy fighters that it will face.
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 The F3F will commonly come across aircraft with superior top speed, such as many of the early Bf-109 variants (A,B-1,E-1 & F-1), these aircraft will usually attempt to use a "boom & zoom" attack style against your aircraft, the best you can do is to keep a good amount of energy and be ready to evade when the commit to an attack run, if you can evade them for long enough you will hopefully receive some help from some of your other team members or you might be able to make the enemy try and commit to a turn fight where you should have an advantage and be able to critically damage or down their aircraft.
-As for using the F3F for close air support (CAS) you will have a few possibilities, the most popular choice will be to take the two 100lb bombs (AN-M30A1), these only contain 24.5kg of explosive mass so you will need to land them very close to the intended target to do any meaningful damage. A second option is to use your .50cal (12.7mm) Browning M2 machine gun to destroy ground targets, all belts for this gun have 26mm of penetration, although the ground targets belts are best as they contain more AP rounds, these will be able to go through SPAA (Self Propelled Anti Aircraft) vehicles as well as some light & medium tanks, firing for the upper armour or side armour on enemy vehicles will usually prove to be the most effective way of going through enemy armour.
+As for using the F3F for close air support (CAS) you will have a few possibilities, the most popular choice will be to take the two 100 lb bombs (AN-M30A1), these only contain 24.5 kg of explosive mass so you will need to land them very close to the intended target to do any meaningful damage. A second option is to use your .50 cal (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine gun to destroy ground targets, all belts for this gun have 26 mm of penetration, although the ground targets belts are best as they contain more AP rounds, these will be able to go through SPAA (Self Propelled Anti Aircraft) vehicles as well as some light & medium tanks, firing for the upper armour or side armour on enemy vehicles will usually prove to be the most effective way of going through enemy armour.
 It is recommended not to hold the brakes on landing, as the F3F will likely flip over, it is best to tap the breaks on and off to avoid this occurring.
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 '''Pros:'''
-* Excellent maneuverability
+* Excellent manoeuvrability
 * Very low stalling speed
 * Controls are extremely responsive
-* Powerful 12.7mm (.50 cal) machine gun
+* Powerful .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine gun
-* Climbrate is competitive against aircraft of similar [[Battle ratings|BR]]
+* Climb rate is competitive against aircraft of similar [[Battle ratings|BR]]
-* Two 100lb bombs for attacking ground targets
+* Two 100 lb bombs for attacking ground targets
 '''Cons:'''
 * Small primary armament which can be inadequate against large targets
-* Low ammunition count for the 12.7mm (.50 cal) machine gun
+* Low ammunition count for the 12.7 mm machine gun
 * Can flip over the nose when landing if the brakes are held down too long
 == History ==
-<!-- ''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the aircraft in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the vehicle and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. This section may also include the vehicle's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under <code><nowiki>=== In-game description ===</nowiki></code>, also if applicable).'' -->[[File:Grumman F3F-2 BuNo 0976 displayed at NMNA, NAS Pensacola.jpg|thumb|Galer's F3F-2 on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, after being recovered from the Pacific Ocean.]]
+<!-- ''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the aircraft in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the vehicle and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. This section may also include the vehicle's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under <code><nowiki>=== In-game description ===</nowiki></code>, also if applicable).'' -->
 Galer’s F3F-2 is the F3F-2 flown by then-First-Lieutenant Bob Galer, USMC, who was forced to bail out during landing operations. Lt. Galer would become a double-ace during WWII, having survived being shot down four times, received the Medal of Honor for heroism at Guadalcanal, and retired as a brigadier general. Galer’s F3F-2 was recovered in 1988 from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean; following a reunion with the aircraft’s former pilot, the plane is now on display at the National Naval Aviation Museum of the United States.
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