Grumman hellcat

Die Grumman F6F Hellcat war ein US-amerikanisches trägergestütztes Jagdflugzeug des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Sie war das Nachfolgemodell der Grumman F4F . Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese .

The Grumman F6F Hellcat design was greatly influenced by feedback from squadrons flying her direct. Die Grumman F6F war das erfolgreichste Jagdflugzeug der Alliierten auf dem pazifischen Kriegsschauplatz. The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a carrier-based fighter aircraft designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and competed with the faster Vought . F6F Hellcat taking from USS Yorktown.

F6F Hellcat crashing on USS Enterprise, Nov. Synopsis: The Grumman F6F Hellcat was one of the definitive American carrier battle group fighters of the Pacific Theater in World War 2. It seems that our Hellcat should more accurately be termed an Alley Cat, as its official designation, according to the FAA, is “S S Special Grumman F6F. For the company's fourth Navy fighter, sandwiched between the successful F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat, Grumman engineers came up with the twin-engine F5F, .