The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a carrier-based fighter aircraft designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat in United States Navy (USN) service. The Hellcat competed with the faster Vought F4U Corsair for use as a carrier based fighter. However, the Corsair had significant issues with carrier landings which the Hellcat did not, allowing the Hellcat to become the Navy’s dominant fighter in the second part of World War II, a position the Hellcat did not relinquish. The Corsair instead was primarily deployed to great effect in land-based use by the U.S. Marine Corps.

Une vidéo d’un exemplaire actuel à voir à partir de https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b9e751i3mo

Une vidéo explicative de 1943

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b9e751i3mo

Une vidéo de synthèse

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La fiche Wikipedia en FR https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat

Et en anglais https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat