F6F Hellcat (Family)
Description
The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second half of the Pacific War.
Vehicles
Rank III
- F6F-5
- F6F-5N
- ▄Hellcat Mk II (Great Britain) - F6F in Lend-Lease to Britain
- ▄F6F-5 (France)
- ▄F6F-5N (France)
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation | |
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Aircraft | |
Fighters | |
F3F | F3F-2 · Galer's F3F-2 |
F4F Wildcat | F4F-3 · F4F-4 |
XF5F Skyrocket | XF5F · XP-50 |
F6F Hellcat | F6F-5 · F6F-5N |
F7F Tigercat | F7F-1 · F7F-3 |
F8F Bearcat | F8F-1 · F8F-1B |
Jet Fighters | |
F9F Panther/Cougar | F9F-2 · F9F-5 · F9F-8 |
F-11 Tiger | F11F-1 |
F-14 Tomcat | F-14A Early · F-14B |
Jet Strike Aircraft | |
A-6 Intruder | A-6E TRAM |
Bombers | TBF-1C |
Export | ▄Martlet Mk IV · ▄F6F-5 · ▄F6F-5N · ▄F8F-1B · ▄Avenger Mk II · ▄Hellcat Mk II |
▄F-14A IRIAF | |
Naval Vehicles | |
Patrol Gunboat Hydrofoil (PGH) | USS Flagstaff |