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X-Plane 11.35+ Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat 1.0.1. The Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat is a single engine carrier based fighter designed at the end of 1943. 1436 aircraft, including prototypes, were built. After the WW2, the French Air Force received 200 Bearcats to be used during the Indochina War. The one presented here is an aircraft of the Groupe de Chasse GC2/21 based at Than Son Nut in 1954. It took part in operations over Rien Bien Phu. Credit goes to Beber for the use of his pilots. By Philippe Gastebois.