Hellcat Aces of World War 2 - Barrett Tillman - Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 10 ANC10 DA13 The Mailed Fist

DA13 The Mailed Fist

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Hellcat Aces of World War 2 - Barrett Tillman - Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 10 ANC10 DA13 The Mailed FistGrumman's successor to the pugnacious Wildcat, the Hellcat embodied many of the lessons learnt by F4F pilots in the opening months of the Pacific war. Introduced to the fleet in January 1943, and blooded in combat against the Japanese by VF 5 seven months later, the F6F served as the principal US Navy fighter on board carrier decks until VJ Day. Despite its lethality in the air when ranged against the best Japanese fighters, it still retained docile