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Wildcat Aces of World War 2. Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1995. ISBN 1-85532-486-5. Tillman, Barrett. Wildcat: The F4F in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval & Aviation Publishing, 1990, First edition 1983. ISBN 1-55750-819-4. Winchester, Jim. Fighter - The World's Finest Combat Aircraft - 1913 to the Present Day. Bath, UK ...
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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.
The collision of an airplane and a military helicopter was caught on video -- there was a fiery explosion. Video shows DC plane crash involving American Airlines flight, Black Hawk helicopter Skip ...
Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry O'Hare (March 13, 1914 – November 26, 1943) was an American naval aviator of the United States Navy, who on February 20, 1942, became the Navy's first fighter ace of the war when he single-handedly attacked a formation of nine medium bombers approaching his aircraft carrier.
The fighter planes were armed with two to four 20mm cannons, four Browning .303 machine guns, and the capacity to carry up to 500 pounds of bombs. Spitfires played a pivotal role in offensive and ...
Donald "Flash" Gordon (July 17, 1920 – January 4, 2010) was an American naval aviator and flying ace, [1] having shot down at least seven Japanese aircraft during World War II. [2] He was a fighter pilot in the United States Navy and a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross.
The price of the fighter jet has been cut in recent years, dropping from roughly $135.8 million each in 2021 to $81 million in 2024 per a preliminary deal between the US Department of Defense and ...