First
Flight |
Model |
Military
Number |
Name |
| 1937 |
|
FM |
Wildcat |
| 1941 |
|
TBM |
Avenger |
|
|
|
|
In
1929 Fokker Aircraft Corp of America and
its subsidiary, Atlantic Aircraft, were acquired by General
Motors. GM renamed the company General Aviation Corp.
General Aviation failed due to the Depression and
a much-publicized crash of an F-10 killing Notre Dame football coach
Knute Rockne in 1931. North American
Aviation acquired the assets of General Aviation in 1933.
In 1942, General Motors formed Eastern Aircraft
to use several automobile plants to produce over 13,000 Grumman
F4F Wildcats and TBF Avengers. |
