#f6f hellcat

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Hangar deck of the USS Yorktown CV-10 in the Pacific Ocean, 1944. Bombs are being prepared for the F6F Hellcats while the rest of the crew is watching a movie in the background.

➤PACIFIC WAR VIDEO: https://youtu.be/hdAz_qjBT78

➤HD IMAGE: https://dronescapes.video/Yorktown

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Chasseur embarqué Grumman F6F Hellcat

©Kaboldy

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Lieutenant Alexander Vraciu ranked fourth among Navy flying aces with 19 enemy planes downed during flight. The rest of his resume is just as good:

- Navy Cross ⚓️

- 3 Distinguished Flying Cross✈️

- 4 Air Medals 🎖️

- Destroyed 6 Japanese dive bombers in 8 minutes 🤯

@JasonRBurt via X

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British Royal Navy sailors relaxing on the wing of a Fleet Air Arm Hellcat.

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Grumman F6F "Hellcat" night fighter flies past USS HORNET (CV-12) as its pilot drops a message, during strikes on Formosa.

Photographed on October 12, 1944.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-284466

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Wayne Morris

Born Bert DeWayne Morris Jr. was an actor and World War II hero. February 17, 1914 - September 14, 1959

During the filming of Flight Angels (1940), Wayne became interested in flying and became a pilot. With war looming, he put his career on hold and joined the Naval Reserve as a flier in 1942. He was assigned to the carrier Essex as an F6F fighter pilot. He became an ace shooting down seven Japanese aircraft. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander and was awarded four Distinguished Flying Crosses and two Air Medals. Unfortunately, his four year absence from Hollywood hurt his career. After the war, he was regulated to B Westerns and guest appearances in television serials. In 1957, he was cast as Lt Roget in Paths of Glory (1957). Morris turned in an outstanding performance, possibly reviving his waning career. During a visit to the carrier Bon Homme Richard carrier in San Francisco Bay, Morris suffered a massive heart attack and was transported to the Oakland Naval Hospital where he died. He was 45 years old. He is buried at Arlington Nation Cemetery. His brother, Richard, a B-17 pilot shot down during WWII, is also buried at Arlington.

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Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats on the USS Belleau Wood off Gilbert Islands.

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F6F Hellcats warming up on the deck of USS Lexington CV-16, en route near New Guinea, early April 1944

VIDEO ➤➤ https://youtu.be/15HLOfODKGo

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Chasseur Grumman F6F Hellcat aux couleurs japonaises retrouvé par un marine du Marine Aircraft Group 31 – Base aérienne navale de Yokosuka – Guerre du Pacifique – Japon – 8 septembre 1945

Photographe : Sergent C. R. McDade

©National Museum of the US Navy - 127-GW-1627-134955

Le Marine Air Group 31 a décollé d'Okinawa pour occuper la base aérienne de Yokosuka après la capitulation du Japon.

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Butch O’Hare’s F6F-3 Hellcat, battered with over 200 bullet holes from battle….the man is a legend.

- Medal of Honor 🇺🇸

- Navy Cross ⚓️

- 2 Distinguished Flying Cross ✈️

- Purple Heart 💜

- 1st flying ace WW2 (Navy) 😎

@JasonRBurt via X

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I like the sound of this Coleman.

Mechanics work on an F6F aboard USS Essex (CV-9) while anchored off Saipan, 30 July 1944

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A Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat photographed taxiing out during the 2010 MCAS El Toro Airshow

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Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat (VF-15) USS Essex.