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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.
14. Grumman F6F Hellcat ©rancho_runner / iStock via Getty Images. WWII production count: 12,275. ... ©Hulton Archive / Archive Photos via Getty Images. WWII production count: 14,686.
File: Burning Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-2 aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) on 10 November 1943 (80-G-205473).jpg
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.
©rancho_runner / iStock via Getty Images Notable weapons: Grumman TBF Avenger, Grumman F4F Wildcat, Grumman F6F Hellcat Grumman was a large producer of aircraft in World War II.
McCampbell is the United States Navy's all-time leading flying ace (called Ace of the Aces in the Navy) and top F6F Hellcat ace with 34 aerial victories. He was the third-highest American scoring ace of World War II and the highest-scoring American ace to survive the war.
English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) during the Marcus Island raid on 31 August 1943: Lt. Comdr. James H. "Jimmy" Flatley,Commander of Air Group 5 (CAG-5), sits in his Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat (code "00"), painted in a tricolor-scheme (certainly an "in the field" application) before takeoff. An Aviation Boatswain Mate ...
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