Today, when people look back at the Pacific theatre, there are two American fighter aircraft which are often remembered together . Those are; the Vought F4U Corsair, and the Grumman F6F Hellcat.

For the company’s fourth Navy fighter, sandwiched between the successful F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat, Grumman engineers ... long line of attack and fighter aircraft an image of robustness.

The lightweight aircraft was equipped with a 950-horsepower ... and a turbocharger for high-altitude flying. The Grumman F6F Hellcat could be ranked among the top aircrafts; however, it was ...

The F6F Hellcat was an embodiment of Leroy Grumman ... “Looking back at it now, I guess I always had dreams of flying fighter aircraft like the guys I read about did,” he says.