Click to open image viewer. The Grumman F6F Hellcat was originally conceived as an advanced version of the U.S. Navy's then current front-line fighter, the F4F Wildcat (see NASM collection). The ...
For many Navy pilots in World War II their first combat mission was a moment that would shape the rest of their lives. Don McPherson experienced this reality firsthand when he climbed into the cockpit ...
The Grumman F6F Hellcat did not arrive at the start of the Pacific War, but when it did, it changed everything. Bigger, tougher, and far more lethal than the Wildcat it replaced, the Hellcat was built ...