F4F-3S Wildcatfish.
The F4F-3S Wildcatfish was a float plane which only made it to prototype stage. It was the intended answer to the Nakajima A6M2-N Reisen 'Rufe', but failed to live up to it's expectations. The F4F-3S was fitted with 2 Edo floats under the wings, and laterally braced to the underside of the fuselage. However, the arrival of a number of new aircraft carriers preempted the necessity for these types of aircraft, as was the ability of the Navy's battalions (Seabees) to...
