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Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-9

Early production F6F-3 with forwad canted antenna mast.
Unit: VF-9 USS Essex (CV-9) August 1943

Simple, rugged, and deadly, yet easy to fly, the Hellcat was another product of the Grumman Iron Works. It was larger, heavier, faster, and more powerful than Grumman's F4F Wildcat, and the first American fighter to exceed the performance of the Mitsubishi Zero. Its immense 18-cylinder, 2,000 horsepower radial engine gave it the power to dictate the terms of...

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