Sailors perform engine maintenance on a Grumman F6F Hellcat on the USS Yorktown somewhere in the Pacific. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
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Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters sit with propellers running and wings folded on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) during World War II. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats converted to drones for use during the Operation Crossroads atomic tests on the Bikini Atoll in July 1946. The drones were flown through the radioactive cloud to measure radioactivity. (U.S. Navy...
Grumman F6F Hellcat on Peleliu with a radar pod on the front of the starboard wing, 1944. (U.S. Marine Corps Photograph.)
An F6F Hellcat’s propeller blades leave a visible trail of condensation on the USS Yorktown. (U.S. Navy Photograph / NARA.)
The flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) during the ship’s shakedown cruise in March 1943 with numerous F6F Hellcat fighters and SBD Dauntless bombers. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph, U.S. National Archives.)
Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighters of the U.S. Navy Fighting Squadron 40 (VF-40) on the runway at Espiritu Santo. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Maintenance work on the F6F Hellcat “Minsi II” on board the USS Essex off the coast of Saipan, July 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Sailors on the USS Hornet fold the wings of a Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter after a raid over the Marianas, June 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Grumman XF6F-4 Hellcat: This Grumman XF6F-4 Hellcat tested while at Langley a turbo-supercharger, rather than a gear-driven supercharger as was the norm with the F6F. This aircraft served with the NACA for almost one year...