|
American F6F-5 - This is a model of a Navy carrier
fighter that flew from the aircraft carrier Hornet against the Japanese
home islands in early 1945. The Hellcat entered service in the summer of
1943. It was built to replace the Wildcat, and
was a great success, accounting for over 5,000 Japanese aircraft in combat.
It was also flown by over 300 American aces, more than any other American
fighter plane, and more than 12,000 were built. Hellcats were also provided
to the British Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm beginning in 1943. The British
initially called them Gannets, but adopted the Hellcat nickname in 1944.
Some Hellcats
were used as naval nightfighters and were fitted with a pod under
the starboard wing to carry radar equipment.
|
|
| Grumman F6F Reference Books |
Grumman F6F Links |
|
American Aircraft of World War II, David Mondey
Battle of Leyte Gulf: 23-26 October 1944, Thomas Cutler
Bougainville: 1943-1945, Harry Gailey
F6F Hellcat in Action, Jim Sullivan
F6F Hellcat in Detail and Scale, Bert Kinzey
F6F Hellcat Walk Around, Richard Dann
Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific, Eric Bergerud
Grumman F6F-3/5 Hellcat in USN, USMC, Fleet Air Arm, Aeronavale & Uruguayan Service, Richard Hill
Hellcat Aces of WWII, Barrett Tillman
Hellcat: The F6F in World War II, Barrett Tillman
Iwo Jima: Legacy of Valor, Bill Ross
The Marianas Turkey Shoot, Barrett Tillman
The Marshall Islands: Operation Flintlock, the Capture of Kwajalein and Eniwetok, Gordon Rottman
Operation Dragoon: The Allied Invasion of the South of France, William Breuer
Peleliu: The Forgotten Corner of Hell, Jim Moran
Red Sun Setting, The Battle of the Philippine Sea, William Y'Blood
The Siege of Rabaul, Henry Sakaida
Tennozan: The Battle of Okinawa and the Atomic Bomb, George Feifer
U.S. Navy Air Combat, 1939-1946, Robert Lawson
U.S. Navy Fighters of WWII, Robert Lawson
Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa, Joseph Alexander
|
FlyAcesHigh.com WW2 Air Combat Game
Hellcat Aces of WWII
F6F Hellcat in Action
Hellcat in Detail & Scale
|
