Beyond Walks on MSN
The fighter Japan laughed at in World War II
In 1943, Japanese pilots dismissed a new American fighter as slow, heavy, and inferior. That aircraft was the F6F Hellcat, ...
World of Warbirds on MSN
Grumman F6F Hellcat, how the US Navy built a carrier fighter exactly to pilot demands
Designed directly from combat pilot feedback, the Grumman F6F Hellcat combined brute power, rugged survivability, and carrier friendliness into a fighter built for one job. This deep dive follows its ...
Special features: Original WWII training film; interview with ace-fighter pilot Colonel Bruce Porter; photo album; interactive multiple camera angles; bonus DVD-ROM with complete WWII Pilot's ...
A WWII veteran is celebrating his 100th birthday this week! Clarence “Bill” Wenzel served in the Navy as a fighter pilot from 1944 to 1949. He flew a F6F Hellcat Fighter Plane, making 72 landings with ...
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