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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 .
Grumman F6F Hellcat, the primary United States Navy aircraft carrier fighter in the second half of World War II; M18 Hellcat, a United States tank destroyer used in World War II. 12th Armored Division (United States), nicknamed the Hellcat Division (or Hellcats for short) Short Hellcat, a planned air-to-surface variant of the Seacat missile
Grumman Martlet (later Wildcat) The Martlet was a carrier fighter, armed with four 0.5 inch M2 Browning heavy machine guns, in widespread use from September 1941. The Martlet was the British name for Grumman G-36A and G-36B aircraft in British service. Later in the war new acquisitions (FM-1 and FM-2) used the US Wildcat name. [11] [12]
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] VF-1 was assigned with Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1) to USS Yorktown from May to August 1944.
208 aircraft destroyed or damaged on the ground 1 destroyer sunk, 1 beached and 3 assists to CAG-18 bombers Bomb hits/strafing damage on 1 ShÅkaku-class aircraft carrier , 1 Yamato-class battleship , 1 Kongo-class battleship ; further damage to 6 battleships, 8 heavy cruisers , 5 light cruisers and 12 destroyers
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English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) recovers a Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter, circa 1944. The ship is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3a. The ship is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3a.
In exchange, they claimed two German aircraft destroyed and four others probably destroyed. [27] For the landings in the south of France on 15 August 1944, Attacker , Stalker , and Hunter , each equipped with 24 Supermarine Seafires and Pursuer , with 24 Grumman Wildcats, formed part of the aircraft carrier force dubbed Task Force 88 .