Hello Leonard,
thanks for that interesting breakdown.
For my birthday my wife endowed me with Barrett Tillman's "Wildcat Aces of World War 2" (1995).
He Mr. Tillman explicitly writes:
- US Marine F4Fs (11 Squadrons) 562 victories
- US Navy F4Fs (28 Squadrons) 520,5 victories
- US Navy FMs (38 Squadrons) 432 victories
In his article "The Wilder Wildcat" (2014) the same author indicates 422 victories for the FM-2 which would imply 10 FM-1 kills, wouldn't it ?
Have a nice weekend,
Michael