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  2. Grumman F6F Hellcat - Wikipedia

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    The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero , it was the United States Navy 's dominant fighter in the second half of the Pacific War .

  3. File:Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-1 in flight over California ...

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    Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 21:25, 26 November 2020: 4,666 × 3,296 (10.04 MB): Cobatfor: NARA file: 16:27, 2 June 2009: 1,287 × 836 (276 KB): Cobatfor == Summary == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 ''Hellcat'' of fighter squadron VF-5 over California (USA), in early 1943. |Source=scan from Jeffrey Ethell: ''American Warplanes.

  4. File:Burning Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-2 aboard USS ...

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    File: Burning Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-2 aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) on 10 November 1943 (80-G-205473).jpg

  5. Yanks Air Museum - Wikipedia

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    Rare types on display from World War II include the P-51A Mustang, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, P-47M Thunderbolt, North American B-25 Mitchell, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Curtiss SB2C Helldiver and Grumman F6F Hellcat. [11] Many of them were built in Southern California. [12] Aircraft collection

  6. VF-1 (1943–1945) - Wikipedia

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    VF-1 F6F-3 launches from the hangar deck catapult of USS Yorktown in June 1943 VF-1 F6F-3 aboard USS Yorktown, June 1944. VF-1 operating the Grumman F6F Hellcat was embarked on the USS Yorktown (CV-10) on its shakedown cruise in the Caribbean in June 1943. VF-1 was transferred to Kaneohe Naval Air Station in August 1943. [2]

  7. File:Grumman F6F Hellcat of VF-8 aboard USS Bunker Hill (CV ...

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    English: A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat of Fighting Squadron 8 (VF-8) is launched from the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), in 1944. VF-8 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 8 (CVG-8) aboard the Bunker Hill from March to October 1944.

  8. Carrier aircraft used during World War II - Wikipedia

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    The Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter-bomber introduced in 1943 was also faster than the Wildcat, had greater range, a rate of climb comparable to the IJN Zero, and was capable of carrying a 4,000 lb total load of bombs, torpedoes, and rockets. Both the Corsair and the Hellcat aircraft were faster than the Zero and, having armor protection and self ...

  9. File:Hellcats F6F-3, May 1943.jpg - Wikipedia

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