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class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Sortie,_kill,_and_loss_figures" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sortie,_kill,_and_loss_figures"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.1</span> <span>Sortie, kill, and loss figures</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sortie,_kill,_and_loss_figures-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-British_use" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#British_use"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>British use</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-British_use-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Postwar_use" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Postwar_use"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Postwar use</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Postwar_use-sublist" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%81_6_%D8%A5%D9%81_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="إف 6 إف هيلكات – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إف 6 إف هيلكات" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%AC%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AB_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F" title="গ্রুম্যান এফ৬এফ হেলক্যাট – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="গ্রুম্যান এফ৬এফ হেলক্যাট" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_F6F_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82" title="Груман F6F Хелкат – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Груман F6F Хелкат" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F" title="Grumman F6F – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Grumman F6F" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F" title="Grumman F6F – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Grumman F6F" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%B6%D8%A7%D9%81_%D9%87%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%AA" title="گرومن اف۶اف هلکت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گرومن اف۶اف هلکت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B7%B8%EB%9F%AC%EB%A8%BC_F6F_%ED%97%AC%EC%BA%A3" title="그러먼 F6F 헬캣 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="그러먼 F6F 헬캣" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%9F_F6F_%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%98" title="גראמן F6F הלקט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גראמן F6F הלקט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/F6F_Hellcat" title="F6F Hellcat – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/F6F_(%E8%88%AA%E7%A9%BA%E6%A9%9F)" title="F6F (航空機) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="F6F (航空機)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Grumman F6F Hellcat" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" 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data-file-width="1372" data-file-height="946" /></a></span> <div class="ib-aircraft-caption">Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats in tricolor camouflage<sup id="cite_ref-NHC_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NHC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carrier-based_aircraft" title="Carrier-based aircraft">Carrier-based</a> <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_manufacturer" title="Aerospace manufacturer">Manufacturer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Grumman" title="Grumman">Grumman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary users</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a><div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a></li></ul> </div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number built</th><td class="infobox-data">12,275</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufactured</th><td class="infobox-data">1942–1945</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduction date</th><td class="infobox-data">1943</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First flight</th><td class="infobox-data">26 June 1942</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired</th><td class="infobox-data">1960 <a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Uruguayan Navy">Uruguayan Navy</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Grumman F6F Hellcat</b> is an American <a href="/wiki/Carrier-based_aircraft" title="Carrier-based aircraft">carrier-based</a> <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Designed to replace the earlier <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">F4F Wildcat</a> and to counter the Japanese <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero" title="Mitsubishi A6M Zero">Mitsubishi A6M Zero</a>, it was the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>'s dominant fighter in the second half of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>. In gaining that role, it prevailed over its faster competitor, the <a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">Vought F4U Corsair</a>, which initially had problems with visibility and carrier landings. </p><p>Powered by a 2,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower" title="Horsepower">hp</a> (1,500 kW) <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-2800_Double_Wasp" title="Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp">Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp</a>, the same powerplant used for both the Corsair and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> (USAAF) <a href="/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt" title="Republic P-47 Thunderbolt">Republic P-47 Thunderbolt</a> fighters, the F6F was an entirely new design, but it still resembled the Wildcat in many ways.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some military observers tagged the Hellcat as the "Wildcat's big brother".<sup id="cite_ref-Sul4_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sul4-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The F6F made its combat debut in September 1943. It subsequently established itself as a rugged, well-designed carrier fighter, which was able to outperform the A6M Zero and help secure <a href="/wiki/Air_supremacy#Second_World_War" title="Air supremacy">air superiority</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II" title="Pacific Ocean theater of World War II">Pacific theater</a>. In total, 12,275 were built in just over two years.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hellcats were credited with destroying a total of 5,223 enemy aircraft while in service with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> (FAA).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was more than any other Allied naval aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the war, Hellcats were phased out of front-line service in the US, but radar-equipped F6F-5Ns remained in service as late as 1954 as <a href="/wiki/Night_fighter" title="Night fighter">night fighters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilkinson_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilkinson-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_development">Design and development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="XF6F">XF6F</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: XF6F"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grumman_XF6F-1_Hellcat_1942.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Grumman_XF6F-1_Hellcat_1942.jpg/220px-Grumman_XF6F-1_Hellcat_1942.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Grumman_XF6F-1_Hellcat_1942.jpg/330px-Grumman_XF6F-1_Hellcat_1942.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Grumman_XF6F-1_Hellcat_1942.jpg/440px-Grumman_XF6F-1_Hellcat_1942.jpg 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="391" /></a><figcaption>Unpainted XF6F-1 prior to its first flight (1942)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ray_Wagner_Collection_Image_(16156795450).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Ray_Wagner_Collection_Image_%2816156795450%29.jpg/220px-Ray_Wagner_Collection_Image_%2816156795450%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Ray_Wagner_Collection_Image_%2816156795450%29.jpg/330px-Ray_Wagner_Collection_Image_%2816156795450%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Ray_Wagner_Collection_Image_%2816156795450%29.jpg/440px-Ray_Wagner_Collection_Image_%2816156795450%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="804" data-file-height="546" /></a><figcaption>F6F-3 aboard USS <i>Yorktown</i> has its "<a href="/wiki/Grumman_Sto-Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Grumman Sto-Wing">Sto-Wing</a>" folding wings deployed for takeoff (<i>circa</i> 1943-44).</figcaption></figure> <p>Grumman had been working on a successor to the F4F Wildcat since 1938, and the contract for the prototype <b>XF6F-1</b> was signed on 30 June 1941. The aircraft was originally designed to use the <a href="/wiki/Wright_R-2600" class="mw-redirect" title="Wright R-2600">Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone</a> two-row, 14-cylinder radial engine of 1,700 hp (1,300 kW) (the same engine used with Grumman's then-<a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger#Design_and_development" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">new torpedo bomber under development</a>), driving a three-bladed Curtiss Electric propeller.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead of the Wildcat's narrow-track, hand-cranked, main <a href="/wiki/Landing_gear" title="Landing gear">landing gear</a> retracting into the fuselage inherited from the F3F ( a design from the 1930s <a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">Grumman FF</a>-1 fighter biplane), the Hellcat had wide-set, hydraulically actuated landing-gear struts that rotated through 90° while retracting backwards into the wings, but with full wheel doors fitted to the struts that covered the entire strut and the upper half of the main wheel when retracted, and twisted with the main gear struts through 90° during retraction.<sup id="cite_ref-Taylor_p._503._14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor_p._503.-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wing was mounted lower on the fuselage and was able to be hydraulically or manually folded, with each panel outboard of the undercarriage bay folding backwards from pivoting on a specially oriented, Grumman-patented "<a href="/wiki/Grumman_Sto-Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Grumman Sto-Wing">Sto-Wing</a>" diagonal axis pivoting system much like the earlier F4F, with a folded stowage position parallel to the fuselage with the leading edges pointing diagonally down.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout early 1942, <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Grumman" title="Leroy Grumman">Leroy Grumman</a>, along with his chief designers <a href="/wiki/Jake_Swirbul" title="Jake Swirbul">Jake Swirbul</a> and Bill Schwendler, worked closely with the U.S. Navy's <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Aeronautics" title="Bureau of Aeronautics">Bureau of Aeronautics</a> (BuAer) and experienced F4F pilots,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to develop the new fighter in such a way that it could counter the Zero's strengths and help gain air dominance in the Pacific Theater of Operations.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 22 April 1942, Lieutenant Commander <a href="/wiki/Edward_O%27Hare" title="Edward O'Hare">Butch O'Hare</a> toured the Grumman Aircraft company and spoke with Grumman engineers, analyzing the performance of the F4F Wildcat against the Mitsubishi A6M Zero in aerial combat.<sup id="cite_ref-Ewing_Thach_Weave_p._86_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ewing_Thach_Weave_p._86-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Buaer's Lt Cdr A. M. Jackson <sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> directed Grumman's designers to mount the cockpit higher in the fuselage.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the forward fuselage sloped down slightly to the engine cowling, giving the Hellcat's pilot good visibility.<sup id="cite_ref-Kin966_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kin966-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Change_of_powerplant">Change of powerplant</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Change of powerplant"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Based on combat accounts of encounters between the F4F Wildcat and A6M Zero, on 26 April 1942, BuAer directed Grumman to install the more-powerful, 18-cylinder <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-2800_Double_Wasp" title="Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp">Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp</a> radial engine – which was already in use with Chance Vought's Corsair since 1940 – in the second XF6F-1 prototype.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grumman complied by redesigning and strengthening the F6F airframe to incorporate the 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) R-2800-10, driving a three-bladed <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Standard" title="Hamilton Standard">Hamilton Standard</a> propeller. With this combination, Grumman estimated the XF6F-3s performance would increase by 25% over that of the XF6F-1.<sup id="cite_ref-Sul4_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sul4-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cyclone-powered XF6F-1 (02981) first flew on 26 June 1942, followed by the first Double Wasp-equipped aircraft, the XF6F-3 (02982), which first flew on 30 July 1942. The first production F6F-3, powered by an R-2800-10, flew on 3 October 1942, with the type reaching operational readiness with <a href="/wiki/VF-9" title="VF-9">VF-9</a> on <a href="/wiki/USS_Essex_(CV-9)" title="USS Essex (CV-9)">USS <i>Essex</i></a> in February 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-Kinzey_p._6_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kinzey_p._6-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_development">Further development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Further development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grumman_F6F-3_Hellcat_of_VF-1_in_flight_over_California_(USA),_in_1943_(80-G-K-605).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Grumman_F6F-3_Hellcat_of_VF-1_in_flight_over_California_%28USA%29%2C_in_1943_%2880-G-K-605%29.jpg/220px-Grumman_F6F-3_Hellcat_of_VF-1_in_flight_over_California_%28USA%29%2C_in_1943_%2880-G-K-605%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Grumman_F6F-3_Hellcat_of_VF-1_in_flight_over_California_%28USA%29%2C_in_1943_%2880-G-K-605%29.jpg/330px-Grumman_F6F-3_Hellcat_of_VF-1_in_flight_over_California_%28USA%29%2C_in_1943_%2880-G-K-605%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Grumman_F6F-3_Hellcat_of_VF-1_in_flight_over_California_%28USA%29%2C_in_1943_%2880-G-K-605%29.jpg/440px-Grumman_F6F-3_Hellcat_of_VF-1_in_flight_over_California_%28USA%29%2C_in_1943_%2880-G-K-605%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4666" data-file-height="3296" /></a><figcaption>An early F6F-3 in blue-gray over light gull-gray (1943)</figcaption></figure> <p>The F6F series was designed to take damage and get the pilot safely back to base. A bullet-resistant windshield was used and a total of 212 lb (96 kg) of cockpit armor was fitted, along with armor around the oil tank and oil cooler. A 250 US gal (950 L) <a href="/wiki/Self-sealing_fuel_tank" title="Self-sealing fuel tank">self-sealing fuel tank</a> was fitted in the fuselage.<sup id="cite_ref-Kinzey_p._6_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kinzey_p._6-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Standard armament on the F6F-3 consisted of six .50 in (12.7 mm) <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="M2 Browning machine gun">M2/AN Browning</a> air-cooled <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine guns</a> with 400 rounds per gun. A center-section <a href="/wiki/Hardpoint" title="Hardpoint">hardpoint</a> under the fuselage could carry a single 150 US gal (570 L) disposable <a href="/wiki/Drop_tank" title="Drop tank">drop tank</a>, while later aircraft had single bomb racks installed under each wing, inboard of the undercarriage bays; with these and the center-section hard point, late-model F6F-3s could carry a total bomb load in excess of 2,000 lb (910 kg). Six 5 in (127 mm) <a href="/wiki/High_Velocity_Aircraft_Rocket" title="High Velocity Aircraft Rocket">High Velocity Aircraft Rockets</a> (HVARs) could be carried – three under each wing on "zero-length" launchers.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two night-fighter subvariants of the F6F-3 were developed; the 18 F6F-3Es were converted from standard-3s and featured the <a href="/wiki/AN/APS-4" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/APS-4">AN/APS-4</a> 10 GHz frequency radar in a pod mounted on a rack beneath the right wing, with a small radar scope fitted in the middle of the main instrument panel and radar operating controls installed on the port side of the cockpit.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The later F6F-3N, first flown in July 1943, was fitted with the AN/APS-6 radar in the fuselage, with the antenna dish in a bulbous fairing mounted on the leading edge of the outer right wing as a development of the AN/APS-4; about 200 F6F-3Ns were built.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hellcat night fighters claimed their first victories in November 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total, 4,402 F6F-3s were built through until April 1944, when production was changed to the F6F-5.<sup id="cite_ref-Kin966_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kin966-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F6F-5_HVAR_NOTS_NAN4-2-45.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/F6F-5_HVAR_NOTS_NAN4-2-45.jpg/220px-F6F-5_HVAR_NOTS_NAN4-2-45.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/F6F-5_HVAR_NOTS_NAN4-2-45.jpg/330px-F6F-5_HVAR_NOTS_NAN4-2-45.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/F6F-5_HVAR_NOTS_NAN4-2-45.jpg/440px-F6F-5_HVAR_NOTS_NAN4-2-45.jpg 2x" data-file-width="671" data-file-height="288" /></a><figcaption>An early-production F6F-5 being tested with eight 5-inch HVAR rockets (<i>circa</i> 1944–45)</figcaption></figure> <p>The F6F-5 featured several improvements, including a more powerful R-2800-10W engine employing a water-injection system and housed in a slightly more streamlined engine cowling, spring-loaded control <a href="/wiki/Trim_tab" title="Trim tab">tabs</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Aileron" title="Aileron">ailerons</a>, and an improved, clear-view windscreen, with a flat armored-glass front panel replacing the F6F-3's curved plexiglass panel and internal armor glass screen.<sup id="cite_ref-Taylor_p._503._14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor_p._503.-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kin966_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kin966-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the rear fuselage and tail units were strengthened, and apart from some early production aircraft, most of the F6F-5s built were painted in an overall gloss sea-blue finish.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the first few F6F-5s were built, the small windows behind the main canopy were deleted.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The F6F-5N night-fighter variant was fitted with an AN/APS-6 radar in a fairing on the outer-starboard wing. A few standard F6F-5s were also fitted with camera equipment for reconnaissance duties as the F6F-5P.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While all F6F-5s were capable of carrying an armament mix of one 20-mm (.79-in) <a href="/wiki/Hispano-Suiza_HS.404#US_production" title="Hispano-Suiza HS.404">M2 cannon</a> in each of the inboard gun bays (220 rounds per gun), along with two pairs of .50-in (12.7-mm) machine guns (each with 400 rounds per gun), this configuration was only used on later F6F-5N night fighters.<sup id="cite_ref-Kinzey_p._27_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kinzey_p._27-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The F6F-5 was the most common F6F variant, with 7,870 being built.<sup id="cite_ref-Kin966_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kin966-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other prototypes in the F6F series included the XF6F-4 (02981, a conversion of the XF6F-1 powered by an R-2800-27 and armed with four 20-mm M2 cannon), which first flew on 3 October 1942 as the prototype for the projected F6F-4. This version never entered production and 02981 was converted to an F6F-3 production aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another experimental prototype was the XF6F-2 (66244), an F6F-3 converted to use a Wright R-2600-15, fitted with a Birman-manufactured mixed-flow <a href="/wiki/Turbocharger" title="Turbocharger">turbocharger</a>, which was later replaced by a Pratt & Whitney R-2800-21, also fitted with a Birman turbocharger.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The turbochargers proved to be unreliable on both engines, while performance improvements were marginal. As with the XF6F-4, 66244 was soon converted back to a standard F6F-3.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two <b>XF6F-6s</b> (70188 and 70913) were converted from F6F-5s and used the 18-cylinder 2,100 hp (1,566 kW) Pratt and Whitney R-2800-18W two-stage supercharged radial engine with water injection and driving a Hamilton-Standard four-bladed propeller.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The XF6F-6s were the fastest version of the Hellcat series with a top speed of 417 mph (671 km/h), but the war ended before this variant could be mass-produced.<sup id="cite_ref-Taylor_p._503._14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor_p._503.-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last Hellcat rolled out in November 1945, the total production being 12,275, of which 11,000 had been built in just two years.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This high production rate was credited to the sound original design, which required little modification once production was under way. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Navy_and_Marines">U.S. Navy and Marines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: U.S. Navy and Marines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The U.S. Navy much preferred the more docile flight qualities of the F6F compared with the Vought F4U Corsair, despite the Corsair's superior speed. This preference was especially noted during carrier landings, a critical success requirement for the Navy. The Corsair was thus released by the Navy to the Marine Corps, which without the need to worry about carrier landings, used the Corsair to devastating effect in land-based sorties. The Hellcat remained the standard USN carrier-borne fighter until the F4U series was finally cleared for U.S. carrier operations in late 1944 (the carrier landing issues had by now been tackled largely due to use of Corsair by the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, which started in 1943).<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to its good flight qualities, the Hellcat was easy to maintain and had an airframe tough enough to withstand the rigors of routine carrier operations.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like the Wildcat, the Hellcat was designed for ease of manufacturing and ability to withstand significant damage. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F6F5_VF82_CV20.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1f/F6F5_VF82_CV20.jpg/220px-F6F5_VF82_CV20.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/F6F5_VF82_CV20.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="396" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/VF-171" title="VF-171">VF-82</a> Grumman F6F-5 ready for launch from <a href="/wiki/USS_Bennington_(CV-20)" title="USS Bennington (CV-20)">USS <i>Bennington</i></a> off <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa" title="Battle of Okinawa">Okinawa</a> in May 1945: Most of the F6F-5s built were painted overall glossy sea blue.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Hellcat first saw action against the Japanese on 1 September 1943, when fighters off <a href="/wiki/USS_Independence_(CVL-22)" title="USS Independence (CVL-22)">USS <i>Independence</i></a> shot down a <a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_H8K" title="Kawanishi H8K">Kawanishi H8K</a> "Emily" <a href="/wiki/Flying_boat" title="Flying boat">flying boat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dean_p._559._46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dean_p._559.-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after, on 23 and 24 November, Hellcats engaged Japanese aircraft over <a href="/wiki/Tarawa" title="Tarawa">Tarawa</a>, shooting down a claimed 30 Mitsubishi Zeros for the loss of one F6F.<sup id="cite_ref-Dean_p._559._46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dean_p._559.-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over <a href="/wiki/Rabaul,_New_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Rabaul, New Britain">Rabaul, New Britain</a>, on 11 November 1943, Hellcats and F4U Corsairs were engaged in day-long fights with many Japanese aircraft, including A6M Zeros, claiming nearly 50 aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-Dean_p._559._46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dean_p._559.-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When trials were flown against a captured <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M#A6M5_Type_0_Model_52" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsubishi A6M">Mitsubishi A6M5</a> model Zero, they showed that the Hellcat was faster at all altitudes. The F6F out-climbed the Zero marginally above 14,000 ft (4,300 m) and rolled faster at speeds above 235 mph (378 km/h). The Japanese fighter could out-turn its American opponent with ease at low speed and enjoyed a slightly better rate of climb below 14,000 ft (4,300 m). The trials report concluded: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Do not dogfight with a Zero 52. Do not try to follow a loop or half-roll with a pull-through. When attacking, use your superior power and high-speed performance to engage at the most favorable moment. To evade a Zero 52 on your tail, roll and dive away into a high-speed turn.<sup id="cite_ref-Spick_p._118._47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spick_p._118.-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Hellcats were the major U.S. Navy fighter type involved in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea" title="Battle of the Philippine Sea">Battle of the Philippine Sea</a>, where so many Japanese aircraft were shot down that Navy aircrews nicknamed the battle <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea#Japanese_raids" title="Battle of the Philippine Sea">the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot"</a>. The F6F accounted for 75% of all aerial victories recorded by the U.S. Navy in the Pacific.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">Radar</a>-equipped Hellcat night-fighter squadrons appeared in early 1944. </p><p>A formidable opponent for the Hellcat was the <a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_N1K" title="Kawanishi N1K">Kawanishi N1K</a>, but it was produced too late and in insufficient numbers to affect the outcome of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sortie,_kill,_and_loss_figures"><span id="Sortie.2C_kill.2C_and_loss_figures"></span>Sortie, kill, and loss figures</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sortie, kill, and loss figures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:127-GW-1627-134956_(30267672180).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/127-GW-1627-134956_%2830267672180%29.jpg/220px-127-GW-1627-134956_%2830267672180%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/127-GW-1627-134956_%2830267672180%29.jpg/330px-127-GW-1627-134956_%2830267672180%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/127-GW-1627-134956_%2830267672180%29.jpg/440px-127-GW-1627-134956_%2830267672180%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1542" data-file-height="1937" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">U.S Marine</a> inspects a Japanese-captured F6F-5 in <a href="/wiki/Yokosuka" title="Yokosuka">Yokosuka</a> in September 1945.</figcaption></figure> <p>U.S. Navy and Marine F6F pilots flew 66,530 combat sorties and claimed 5,163 kills (56% of all U.S. Navy/Marine air victories of the war) at a recorded cost of 270 Hellcats in aerial combat (an overall kill-to-loss ratio of 19:1 based on claimed kills).<sup id="cite_ref-Barber2_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barber2-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Claimed victories were often highly exaggerated during the war. Even so, the aircraft performed well against the best Japanese opponents with a claimed 13:1 kill ratio against the A6M Zero, 9.5:1 against the <a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84" title="Nakajima Ki-84">Nakajima Ki-84</a>, and 3.7:1 against the <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_J2M" title="Mitsubishi J2M">Mitsubishi J2M</a> during the last year of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-Barber28_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barber28-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The F6F became the prime ace-maker aircraft in the American inventory, with 305 Hellcat aces. The U.S. successes were not just attributed to superior aircraft; from 1942 onwards, they faced increasingly inexperienced Japanese aviators and had the advantage of increasing numerical superiority.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the ground-attack role, Hellcats dropped 6,503 tons (5,899 metric tonnes) of bombs.<sup id="cite_ref-Barber2_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barber2-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U.S. Navy's all-time leading ace, <a href="/wiki/Captain_(naval)" title="Captain (naval)">Captain</a> <a href="/wiki/David_McCampbell" title="David McCampbell">David McCampbell</a>, scored all of his 34 victories in the Hellcat. He once described the F6F as "... an outstanding fighter plane. It performed well, was easy to fly, and was a stable gun platform, but what I really remember most was that it was rugged and easy to maintain."<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the course of World War II, 2,462 F6F Hellcats were lost to all causes – 270 in aerial combat, 553 to antiaircraft ground and shipboard fire, and 341 due to operational causes. Of the total figure, 1,298 were destroyed in training and ferry operations, normally outside of the combat zones.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_McWhorter_III" title="Hamilton McWhorter III">Hamilton McWhorter III</a>, a Navy aviator and a <a href="/wiki/Flying_ace" title="Flying ace">flying ace</a> of World War II, was credited with shooting down 12 Japanese aircraft. He was the first U.S. Navy aviator to become an ace while flying the Grumman F6F Hellcat and the first Navy carrier pilot to achieve double ace status.<sup id="cite_ref-SSHellcat_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SSHellcat-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Van_Haren,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Van Haren, Jr.">Arthur Van Haren, Jr.</a>, a Navy combat Hellcat ace of WWII from Arizona, was credited with shooting down 9 Japanese planes. He was awarded a DFC, and a Gold Star in lieu of a second DFC. In 2012, Van Haren, Jr. was inducted into the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame. <sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_use">British use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: British use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hellcats_1840_NAS_in_flight_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Hellcats_1840_NAS_in_flight_1944.jpg/220px-Hellcats_1840_NAS_in_flight_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Hellcats_1840_NAS_in_flight_1944.jpg/330px-Hellcats_1840_NAS_in_flight_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Hellcats_1840_NAS_in_flight_1944.jpg/440px-Hellcats_1840_NAS_in_flight_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="604" /></a><figcaption>A section of Fleet Air Arm Hellcat F Mk.Is of <a href="/wiki/1840_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1840 Naval Air Squadron">1840 Squadron</a> in June 1944</figcaption></figure> <p>The British Fleet Air Arm (FAA) received 1,263 F6Fs under the <a href="/wiki/Lend-Lease_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Lend-Lease Act">Lend-Lease Act</a>; initially, it was known as the Grumman <a href="/wiki/Gannet" title="Gannet">Gannet</a> Mark I. The name Hellcat replaced it in early 1943 for the sake of simplicity, the Royal Navy at that time adopting the use of the existing American naval names for all the U.S.-made aircraft supplied to it, with the F6F-3 being designated Hellcat F Mk. I, the F6F-5, the Hellcat F Mk. II and the F6F-5N, the Hellcat NF Mk. II.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They saw action off Norway, in the Mediterranean, and in the Far East. Several were fitted with photographic reconnaissance equipment similar to the F6F-5P, receiving the designation Hellcat FR Mk. II.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a> being primarily a naval war, the FAA Hellcats primarily faced land-based aircraft in the European and Mediterranean theaters,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> so experienced far fewer opportunities for air-to-air combat than their USN/Marines counterparts; nevertheless, they claimed a total of 52 enemy aircraft kills during 18 aerial combats from May 1944 to July 1945. <a href="/wiki/1844_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1844 Naval Air Squadron">1844 Naval Air Squadron</a>, on board <a href="/wiki/HMS_Indomitable_(92)" title="HMS Indomitable (92)">HMS <i>Indomitable</i></a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Pacific_Fleet" title="British Pacific Fleet">British Pacific Fleet</a> was the highest-scoring unit, with 32.5 kills.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>FAA Hellcats, as with other Lend-Lease aircraft, were rapidly replaced by British aircraft after the end of the war, with only two of the 12 squadrons equipped with the Hellcat at <a href="/wiki/VJ-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="VJ-Day">VJ-Day</a> still retaining Hellcats by the end of 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-thetford_naval_p217_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thetford_naval_p217-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These two squadrons were disbanded in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-thetford_naval_p217_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thetford_naval_p217-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the war ended, <a href="/wiki/889_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="889 Naval Air Squadron">889 Squadron FAA</a>, equipped with 6 Hellcat Is and II (PR) photo-reconnaissance variants, was preparing to depart from Scotland for the Far East (the squadron had been based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Woodvale" title="RAF Woodvale">RAF Woodvale</a> since its re-formation after <a href="/wiki/VE_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="VE Day">VE Day</a>, and practising carrier operations on <a href="/wiki/HMS_Trouncer_(D85)" title="HMS Trouncer (D85)">HMS Trouncer</a> before moving to <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ravager" title="HMS Ravager">HMS Ravager</a>), to replace 888 Squadron FAA, and intended to photograph Japanese beaches in anticipation of the planned invasion that was forestalled by the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a>. With the cessation of hostilities, the squadron (which included pilot <a href="/wiki/William_Stevenson_(Canadian_writer)" title="William Stevenson (Canadian writer)">William Stevenson</a>) was disbanded and the Hellcats dumped off the Scottish coast (the fate of many lend-lease aircraft that survived the war, which under the terms of the agreement were to be returned to the United States or paid for, while there was no requirement to refund the cost of aircraft that had been lost).<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postwar_use">Postwar use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Postwar use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F6F_target_drone.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/34/F6F_target_drone.jpg/220px-F6F_target_drone.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/34/F6F_target_drone.jpg/330px-F6F_target_drone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/34/F6F_target_drone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="421" data-file-height="257" /></a><figcaption>Postwar service: A bright orange F6F-3K <a href="/wiki/Target_drone" title="Target drone">target drone</a></figcaption></figure> <p>After the war, the Hellcat was succeeded by the <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">F8F Bearcat</a>, which was smaller, more powerful (powered by uprated Double Wasp radials) and more maneuverable, but entered service too late to see combat in World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Hellcat was used for second-line USN duties, including training and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy Reserve">Naval Reserve</a> squadrons, and a handful were converted to <a href="/wiki/Target_drone" title="Target drone">target drones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilkinson_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilkinson-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 1952, Guided Missile Unit 90 used F6F-5K drones, each carrying a 2,000 lb (910 kg) bomb, to attack bridges in Korea. Flying from <a href="/wiki/USS_Boxer_(CV-21)" title="USS Boxer (CV-21)">USS <i>Boxer</i></a>, the Hellcat drones were radio controlled from an escorting <a href="/wiki/AD_Skyraider" class="mw-redirect" title="AD Skyraider">AD Skyraider</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The F6F-5 was the first aircraft used by the U.S. Navy's <a href="/wiki/Blue_Angels" title="Blue Angels">Blue Angels</a> official flight demonstration team at its formation in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grumman_F6F-5K_Hellcat_target_drone_is_shot_down_in_1954.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Grumman_F6F-5K_Hellcat_target_drone_is_shot_down_in_1954.jpg/220px-Grumman_F6F-5K_Hellcat_target_drone_is_shot_down_in_1954.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Grumman_F6F-5K_Hellcat_target_drone_is_shot_down_in_1954.jpg/330px-Grumman_F6F-5K_Hellcat_target_drone_is_shot_down_in_1954.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Grumman_F6F-5K_Hellcat_target_drone_is_shot_down_in_1954.jpg/440px-Grumman_F6F-5K_Hellcat_target_drone_is_shot_down_in_1954.jpg 2x" data-file-width="472" data-file-height="483" /></a><figcaption>A F6F-5K Hellcat target drone is shot down by the heavy cruiser <a href="/wiki/USS_Saint_Paul_(CA-73)" title="USS Saint Paul (CA-73)">USS <i>Saint Paul</i></a>, in 1954.</figcaption></figure> <p>The French Navy (<a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9ronavale" class="mw-redirect" title="Aéronavale">Aéronavale</a>) was equipped with F6F-5 Hellcats and used them in combat in <a href="/wiki/Indochina" class="mw-redirect" title="Indochina">Indochina</a>. These were painted in Gloss Sea Blue, similar to post-World War II US Navy aircraft until about 1955, but had a modified French roundel with an image of an anchor.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/French_Air_and_Space_Force" title="French Air and Space Force">French Air Force</a> also used the Hellcat in Indochina from 1950 to 1952. The plane equipped four squadrons (including the <a href="/wiki/Escadron_de_Chasse_2/30_Normandie-Niemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Escadron de Chasse 2/30 Normandie-Niemen">Normandie-Niemen</a> squadron of WWII fame) before these units transitioned to the F8F Bearcat.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Uruguayan Navy also used them until the early 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-donald_american_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-donald_american-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Special:EditPage/Grumman F6F Hellcat">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="XF6F_prototypes">XF6F prototypes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: XF6F prototypes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>XF6F-1</dt> <dd>First prototype, powered by a two-stage 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) <a href="/wiki/Wright_R-2600" class="mw-redirect" title="Wright R-2600">Wright R-2600</a>-10 Cyclone 14 radial piston engine.</dd> <dt>XF6F-2</dt> <dd>The first XF6F-1 prototype revised and fitted with a turbocharged Wright R-2600-16 Cyclone radial piston engine. R-2600 replaced by turbocharged R-2800-21.</dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grumman_XF6F-2_Hellcat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Grumman_XF6F-2_Hellcat.jpg/220px-Grumman_XF6F-2_Hellcat.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Grumman_XF6F-2_Hellcat.jpg/330px-Grumman_XF6F-2_Hellcat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Grumman_XF6F-2_Hellcat.jpg/440px-Grumman_XF6F-2_Hellcat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="226" /></a><figcaption>XF6F-2 showing the later R-2800-21 installation with Birman <a href="/wiki/Turbocharger" title="Turbocharger">turbocharger</a> (1943)</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>XF6F-3</dt> <dd>Second prototype fitted with a two-stage supercharged 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10 Double Wasp radial piston engine.</dd> <dt>XF6F-4</dt> <dd>One F6F-3 fitted with a two-stage, two-speed supercharged 2,100 hp (1,566 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-2800-27 Double Wasp radial piston engine.</dd> <dt>XF6F-6</dt> <dd>Two F6F-5s that were fitted with the 2,100 hp (1,566 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-2800-18W radial piston engine, and four-bladed propellers.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_production">Series production</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Series production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>F6F-3 (British designation Gannet F. Mk. I, and then later, renamed Hellcat F. Mk. I, January 1944)</dt> <dd>Single-seat fighter, fighter-bomber aircraft, powered by a 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10 Double Wasp radial piston engine.</dd> <dt>F6F-3E</dt> <dd>Night fighter version, equipped with an AN/APS-4 radar in a fairing on the starboard outer wing.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>F6F-3N</dt> <dd>Another night fighter version, equipped with a newer AN/APS-6 radar in a fairing on the starboard outer wing.</dd> <dt></dt> <dt>F6F-5 Hellcat (British Hellcat F. Mk. II)</dt> <dd>Improved version, with a redesigned engine cowling, a new windscreen structure with an integral bulletproof windscreen, new ailerons and strengthened tail surfaces; powered by a 2,200 hp (1,641 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10W (-W denotes Water Injection) radial piston engine.</dd> <dt>F6F-5K Hellcat</dt> <dd>A number of F6F-5s and F6F-5Ns were converted into radio-controlled target drones.</dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F6F-5N_NAS_Jax_1944-45.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/F6F-5N_NAS_Jax_1944-45.jpg/220px-F6F-5N_NAS_Jax_1944-45.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/F6F-5N_NAS_Jax_1944-45.jpg/330px-F6F-5N_NAS_Jax_1944-45.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/F6F-5N_NAS_Jax_1944-45.jpg/440px-F6F-5N_NAS_Jax_1944-45.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1662" /></a><figcaption>F6F-5N night fighter with AN/APS-6 radar and 2 20mm M2 cannon (c. 1944/45)</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>F6F-5N Hellcat (British Hellcat N.F. Mk II)</dt> <dd>Night fighter version, fitted with an AN/APS-6 radar. Some were armed with two 20 mm (0.79 in) <a href="/wiki/Hispano-Suiza_HS.404" title="Hispano-Suiza HS.404">AN/M2</a> cannon in the inner wing bays and four 0.50 in (12.7 mm) <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="M2 Browning machine gun">M2 Browning machine guns</a> in the outer.</dd> <dt>F6F-5P Hellcat</dt> <dd>Small numbers of F6F-5s were converted into photo-reconnaissance aircraft, with the camera equipment being fitted in the rear fuselage.</dd> <dt>Hellcat FR. Mk. II</dt> <dd>This designation was given to British Hellcats fitted with camera equipment.</dd> <dt>FV-1</dt> <dd>Proposed designation for Hellcats to be built by <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Vickers" title="Canadian Vickers">Canadian Vickers</a>; cancelled before any built.<sup id="cite_ref-Norton_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Norton-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operators">Operators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Special:EditPage/Grumman F6F Hellcat">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Training units, and non-operational units</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><a href="/wiki/706_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="706 Naval Air Squadron">706 Naval Air Squadron</a> Crew Pool & Refresher Flying Training School.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/709_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="709 Naval Air Squadron">709 Naval Air Squadron</a> Ground Attack School.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/731_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="731 Naval Air Squadron">731 Naval Air Squadron</a> Night Fighter Training School.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/778_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="778 Naval Air Squadron">778 Naval Air Squadron</a> Service Trials Unit (STU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/891_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="891 Naval Air Squadron">891 Naval Air Squadron</a> not operational at war's end.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1847_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1847 Naval Air Squadron">1847 Naval Air Squadron</a> merged into 1840, not operational.</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>East Indies units</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><a href="/wiki/800_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="800 Naval Air Squadron">800 Naval Air Squadron</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Emperor_(D98)" title="HMS Emperor (D98)">HMS <i>Emperor</i></a>, first operational unit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/804_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="804 Naval Air Squadron">804 Naval Air Squadron</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ameer_(D01)" title="HMS Ameer (D01)">HMS <i>Ameer</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Emperor_(D98)" title="HMS Emperor (D98)">HMS <i>Emperor</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Shah_(D21)" title="HMS Shah (D21)">HMS <i>Shah</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ravager_(D70)" title="HMS Ravager (D70)">HMS <i>Ravager</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/808_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="808 Naval Air Squadron">808 Naval Air Squadron</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Khedive_(D62)" title="HMS Khedive (D62)">HMS <i>Khedive</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/888_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="888 Naval Air Squadron">888 Naval Air Squadron</a> detachments only</li> <li><a href="/wiki/896_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="896 Naval Air Squadron">896 Naval Air Squadron</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Empress_(D42)" title="HMS Empress (D42)">HMS <i>Empress</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/898_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="898 Naval Air Squadron">898 Naval Air Squadron</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Attacker_(D02)" title="HMS Attacker (D02)">HMS <i>Attacker</i></a>/<a href="/wiki/HMS_Pursuer_(D73)" title="HMS Pursuer (D73)">HMS <i>Pursuer</i></a></li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>Atlantic & Mediterranean units</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><a href="/wiki/881_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="881 Naval Air Squadron">881 Naval Air Squadron</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Pursuer_(D73)" title="HMS Pursuer (D73)">HMS <i>Pursuer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/892_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="892 Naval Air Squadron">892 Naval Air Squadron</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Premier_(D23)" title="HMS Premier (D23)">HMS <i>Premier</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1832 Naval Air Squadron">1832 Naval Air Squadron</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Indomitable_(92)" title="HMS Indomitable (92)">HMS <i>Indomitable</i></a></li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>Pacific units</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><a href="/wiki/885_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="885 Naval Air Squadron">885 Naval Air Squadron</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ruler" title="HMS Ruler">HMS <i>Ruler</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1839_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1839 Naval Air Squadron">1839 Naval Air Squadron</a> NAS Eglington/<a href="/wiki/HMS_Indomitable_(92)" title="HMS Indomitable (92)">HMS <i>Indomitable</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1840 Naval Air Squadron">1840 Naval Air Squadron</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Speaker_(D90)" title="HMS Speaker (D90)">HMS <i>Speaker</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1844 Naval Air Squadron">1844 Naval Air Squadron</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Indomitable_(92)" title="HMS Indomitable (92)">HMS <i>Indomitable</i></a></li></ul></dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Uruguayan Navy">Uruguayan Navy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Surviving_aircraft">Surviving aircraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Surviving aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A relatively large number of Grumman F6Fs survive to this day, either in museums or in flyable condition. In order of Bu.No. they are:<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>On display</dt></dl> <dl><dt><dl><dt>F6F-5</dt></dl></dt></dl> <ul><li>79779 – <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm_Museum" title="Fleet Air Arm Museum">Fleet Air Arm Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Yeovilton_(HMS_Heron)" title="RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron)">RNAS Yeovilton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grumman_F6F_Hellcat,_Chino,_California.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat%2C_Chino%2C_California.jpg/220px-Grumman_F6F_Hellcat%2C_Chino%2C_California.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat%2C_Chino%2C_California.jpg/330px-Grumman_F6F_Hellcat%2C_Chino%2C_California.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat%2C_Chino%2C_California.jpg/440px-Grumman_F6F_Hellcat%2C_Chino%2C_California.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1980" data-file-height="974" /></a><figcaption>Chino Warbirds' F6F-3 painted as a Fleet Air Arm Hellcat Mk. I (2007)</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>Airworthy</dt></dl> <dl><dt><dl><dt>F6F-3</dt></dl></dt></dl> <ul><li>41476 – based at the <a href="/wiki/Collings_Foundation" title="Collings Foundation">Collings Foundation</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stow,_Massachusetts" title="Stow, Massachusetts">Stow, Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>41930 – privately owned in <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt><dl><dt>F6F-5</dt></dl></dt></dl> <ul><li>70222 – based at <a href="/wiki/Commemorative_Air_Force" title="Commemorative Air Force">Commemorative Air Force</a> (Southern California Wing) at <a href="/wiki/Camarillo_Airport" title="Camarillo Airport">Camarillo Airport</a> (former Oxnard AFB) in <a href="/wiki/Camarillo,_California" title="Camarillo, California">Camarillo, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>78645 – based at <a href="/wiki/Fagen_Fighters_WWII_Museum" title="Fagen Fighters WWII Museum">Fagen Fighters WWII Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Granite_Falls,_Minnesota" title="Granite Falls, Minnesota">Granite Falls, Minnesota</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>79863 – based at <a href="/wiki/Flying_Heritage_Collection" class="mw-redirect" title="Flying Heritage Collection">Flying Heritage Collection</a> in <a href="/wiki/Everett,_Washington" title="Everett, Washington">Everett, Washington</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>94204 – based at <a href="/wiki/Erickson_Aircraft_Collection" title="Erickson Aircraft Collection">Erickson Aircraft Collection</a> in <a href="/wiki/Madras,_Oregon" title="Madras, Oregon">Madras, Oregon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>94473 – based at <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs_Air_Museum" title="Palm Springs Air Museum">Palm Springs Air Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California" title="Palm Springs, California">Palm Springs, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>On display</dt></dl> <dl><dt><dl><dt>F6F-3</dt></dl></dt></dl> <ul><li>25910 – <a href="/wiki/National_Naval_Aviation_Museum" title="National Naval Aviation Museum">National Naval Aviation Museum</a> at <a href="/wiki/NAS_Pensacola" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Pensacola">NAS Pensacola</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>41834 – <a href="/wiki/Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center" title="Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center">Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Air_and_Space_Museum" title="National Air and Space Museum">National Air and Space Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chantilly,_Virginia" title="Chantilly, Virginia">Chantilly, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>42874 – <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Aerospace_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego Aerospace Museum">San Diego Aerospace Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>66237 – <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Wildwood_Aviation_Museum" title="Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum">Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum</a> at <a href="/wiki/Cape_May_Airport" title="Cape May Airport">Cape May Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lower_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Lower Township, New Jersey">Lower Township, New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt><dl><dt>F6F-5</dt></dl></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Zoo_December_2019_091_(Grumman_F6F-5_Hellcat).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Air_Zoo_December_2019_091_%28Grumman_F6F-5_Hellcat%29.jpg/220px-Air_Zoo_December_2019_091_%28Grumman_F6F-5_Hellcat%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Air_Zoo_December_2019_091_%28Grumman_F6F-5_Hellcat%29.jpg/330px-Air_Zoo_December_2019_091_%28Grumman_F6F-5_Hellcat%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Air_Zoo_December_2019_091_%28Grumman_F6F-5_Hellcat%29.jpg/440px-Air_Zoo_December_2019_091_%28Grumman_F6F-5_Hellcat%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>F6F-5 on display at the <a href="/wiki/Air_Zoo" title="Air Zoo">Air Zoo</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>77722 – <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Facility_Washington" title="Naval Air Facility Washington">Naval Air Facility Washington</a> at <a href="/wiki/Joint_Base_Andrews" title="Joint Base Andrews">Joint Base Andrews</a><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>79192 – <a href="/wiki/New_England_Air_Museum" title="New England Air Museum">New England Air Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Windsor_Locks,_Connecticut" title="Windsor Locks, Connecticut">Windsor Locks, Connecticut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>79593 – <a href="/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-10)" title="USS Yorktown (CV-10)">USS <i>Yorktown</i></a>/<a href="/wiki/Patriots_Point" title="Patriots Point">Patriots Point</a> Naval & Maritime Museum in <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_South_Carolina" title="Mount Pleasant, South Carolina">Mount Pleasant, South Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>79683 – <a href="/wiki/Air_Zoo" title="Air Zoo">Air Zoo</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo,_Michigan" title="Kalamazoo, Michigan">Kalamazoo, Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>94203 – <a href="/wiki/National_Naval_Aviation_Museum" title="National Naval Aviation Museum">National Naval Aviation Museum</a> at <a href="/wiki/NAS_Pensacola" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Pensacola">NAS Pensacola</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>94263 – <a href="/wiki/Cradle_of_Aviation_Museum" title="Cradle of Aviation Museum">Cradle of Aviation Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>. It is on loan from the <a href="/wiki/USMC_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="USMC Museum">USMC Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Quantico,_Virginia" title="Quantico, Virginia">Quantico, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Under restoration or in storage</dt></dl> <dl><dt><dl><dt>F6F-3</dt></dl></dt></dl> <ul><li>43014 – in storage at the <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_of_Flight" title="Fantasy of Flight">Fantasy of Flight</a> in <a href="/wiki/Polk_City,_Florida" title="Polk City, Florida">Polk City, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt><dl><dt>F6F-5</dt></dl></dt></dl> <ul><li>72094 – to airworthiness by private owner in <a href="/wiki/Caldwell,_Idaho" title="Caldwell, Idaho">Caldwell, Idaho</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>79133 – to airworthiness by private owner in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>80040 – to airworthiness by private owner in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>93879 – to airworthiness by <a href="/wiki/Yanks_Air_Museum" title="Yanks Air Museum">Yanks Air Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chino,_California" title="Chino, California">Chino, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>94038 – to airworthiness by private owner in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>94385 – to airworthiness by private owner in <a href="/wiki/Livermore,_California" title="Livermore, California">Livermore, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications_(F6F-5_Hellcat)"><span id="Specifications_.28F6F-5_Hellcat.29"></span>Specifications (F6F-5 Hellcat)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Specifications (F6F-5 Hellcat)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grumman_F6F_Hellcat_3-view_line_drawing.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat_3-view_line_drawing.svg/300px-Grumman_F6F_Hellcat_3-view_line_drawing.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="365" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat_3-view_line_drawing.svg/450px-Grumman_F6F_Hellcat_3-view_line_drawing.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat_3-view_line_drawing.svg/600px-Grumman_F6F_Hellcat_3-view_line_drawing.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1471" data-file-height="1789" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carrier_Air_Group_3_aircraft_in_flight_1946.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Carrier_Air_Group_3_aircraft_in_flight_1946.jpeg/220px-Carrier_Air_Group_3_aircraft_in_flight_1946.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Carrier_Air_Group_3_aircraft_in_flight_1946.jpeg/330px-Carrier_Air_Group_3_aircraft_in_flight_1946.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Carrier_Air_Group_3_aircraft_in_flight_1946.jpeg/440px-Carrier_Air_Group_3_aircraft_in_flight_1946.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1870" data-file-height="1411" /></a><figcaption>An F6F-5 flown by Air Group Commander (CAG), Cdr. Louis H. Bauer of <a href="/wiki/Carrier_Air_Wing_Three" title="Carrier Air Wing Three">Carrier Air Group 3 (CVG-3)</a>, leads a formation of CVG-3 aircraft (a <a href="/wiki/Curtiss_SB2C_Helldiver" title="Curtiss SB2C Helldiver">Helldiver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">Avenger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">Bearcat</a>) in 1946.</figcaption></figure> <p style="font-size: 90%; margin:0;"><i>Data from</i> <i>WWII Aircraft Performance</i><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><i>Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II</i><sup id="cite_ref-jane_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jane-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><i>Standard Aircraft Characteristics</i><sup id="cite_ref-SAC_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAC-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>General characteristics</b></span> </p><ul><li><b>Crew:</b> 1</li> <li><b>Length:</b> 33 ft 7 in (10.24 m)</li> <li><b>Wingspan:</b> 42 ft 10 in (13.06 m)</li> <li><b>Height:</b> 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m)</li> <li><b>Wing area:</b> 334 sq ft (31.0 m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(aeronautics)" title="Aspect ratio (aeronautics)">Aspect ratio</a>:</b> 5.5</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Airfoil" title="Airfoil">Airfoil</a>:</b> <b>root:</b> <a href="/wiki/NACA_airfoil" title="NACA airfoil">NACA 23015.6</a>; <b>tip:</b> <a href="/wiki/NACA_airfoil" title="NACA airfoil">NACA 23009</a><sup id="cite_ref-Selig_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Selig-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Empty weight:</b> 9,238 lb (4,190 kg)</li> <li><b>Gross weight:</b> 12,598 lb (5,714 kg)</li> <li><b>Max takeoff weight:</b> 15,415 lb (6,992 kg)</li> <li><b>Fuel capacity:</b> 250 US gal (208 imp gal; 946 L) internal; up to 3 × 150 US gal (125 imp gal; 568 L) external drop tanks<br /></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Zero-lift_drag_coefficient" title="Zero-lift drag coefficient">Zero-lift drag coefficient</a>:</b> 0.0211</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Zero-lift_drag_coefficient" title="Zero-lift drag coefficient">Drag area:</a></b> 7.05 sq ft (0.655 m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b>Powerplant:</b> 1 × <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-2800-10W_Double_Wasp" class="mw-redirect" title="Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10W Double Wasp">Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10W Double Wasp</a> 18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 2,200 hp (1,600 kW) with a two-speed two-stage <a href="/wiki/Supercharger" title="Supercharger">supercharger</a> and water injection</li> <li><b>Propellers:</b> 3-bladed <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Standard" title="Hamilton Standard">Hamilton Standard</a>, 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) diameter constant-speed propeller</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Performance</b></span> </p> <ul><li><b>Maximum speed:</b> 391 mph (629 km/h, 340 kn)</li> <li><b>Stall speed:</b> 84 mph (135 km/h, 73 kn)</li> <li><b>Combat range:</b> 945 mi (1,521 km, 821 nmi)</li> <li><b>Ferry range:</b> 1,530 mi (2,460 km, 1,330 nmi)</li> <li><b>Service ceiling:</b> 37,300 ft (11,400 m)</li> <li><b>Rate of climb:</b> 2,600 ft/min (13 m/s)</li> <li><b>Time to altitude:</b> 20,000 ft (6,096 m) in 7 minutes 42 seconds</li> <li><b>Lift-to-drag:</b> 12.2</li> <li><b>Wing loading:</b> 37.7 lb/sq ft (184 kg/m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Power-to-weight_ratio" title="Power-to-weight ratio">Power/mass</a>:</b> 0.16 hp/lb (0.26 kW/kg)<br /></li> <li><b>Take-off run:</b> 799 ft (244 m)</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Armament</b></span><br /> </p> <ul><li><b>Guns:</b> <br /> <ul><li>6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="M2 Browning machine gun">M2 Browning machine guns</a>, with 400 rounds per gun, (All F6F-3, and most F6F-5) <i>or</i></li> <li>2 × 0.79 in (20 mm) AN/M2 cannon, with 225 rounds per gun <i>and</i> 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) Browning machine guns with 400 rounds per gun</li></ul></li> <li><b>Rockets:</b> <br /> <ul><li>6 × 5 in (127 mm) <a href="/wiki/High_Velocity_Aircraft_Rocket" title="High Velocity Aircraft Rocket">HVARs</a> <i>or</i></li> <li>2 × 11.75 in (298 mm) <a href="/wiki/Tiny_Tim_(rocket)" title="Tiny Tim (rocket)">Tiny Tim</a> unguided rockets</li></ul></li> <li><b>Bombs:</b> up to 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) full load, including: <ul><li><b>Centerline rack:</b> <ul><li>1 × 2,000 lb (910 kg) bomb <i>or</i></li> <li>1 × <a href="/wiki/Mark_13_torpedo" title="Mark 13 torpedo">Mark 13 torpedo</a>;</li></ul></li> <li><b>Underwing bombs:</b> (F6F-5 had two additional weapons racks either side of fuselage on wing center-section) <ul><li>2 × 1,000 lb (450 kg), 500 lb (230 kg), 250 lb (110 kg), <i>or</i></li> <li>6 × 100 lb (45 kg) (Mk.3 Bomb Cluster)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Vraciu" title="Alexander Vraciu">Alexander Vraciu</a>, who had 19 victories in Hellcats flying with VF-6 (9) and VF-16 (10).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Duncan_(pilot)" title="Robert Duncan (pilot)">Robert Duncan</a>, U.S. Navy ace who scored the first victory against a Zero by an F6F Hellcat.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_McCampbell" title="David McCampbell">David McCampbell</a>, top U.S. Navy ace of World War II with all of his 34 victories in the Hellcat.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_A._Valencia_Jr." title="Eugene A. Valencia Jr.">Eugene A. Valencia Jr.</a>, VF-9's top World War II ace with 23 victories on Hellcats.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Palmdale" title="Battle of Palmdale">Battle of Palmdale</a></li></ul> <p><b>Related development</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">Grumman F4F Wildcat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">Grumman F8F Bearcat</a></li></ul> <p><b>Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190" title="Focke-Wulf Fw 190">Focke-Wulf Fw 190</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_N1K" title="Kawanishi N1K">Kawanishi N1K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-100" title="Kawasaki Ki-100">Kawasaki Ki-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavochkin_La-5" title="Lavochkin La-5">Lavochkin La-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_J2M" title="Mitsubishi J2M">Mitsubishi J2M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_A7M" title="Mitsubishi A7M">Mitsubishi A7M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84" title="Nakajima Ki-84">Nakajima Ki-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">Vought F4U Corsair</a></li></ul> <p> <b>Related lists</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Fleet_Air_Arm" title="List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm">List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="List of aircraft of the United States during World War II">List of aircraft of the United States during World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_World_War_II" title="List of aircraft of World War II">List of aircraft of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fighter_aircraft" title="List of fighter aircraft">List of fighter aircraft</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The insignia red outline around the national markings indicate that this picture was taken circa June–September 1943.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This can be broken down as 5,163 in the Pacific and eight more during the invasion of Southern France, plus 52 with the FAA during World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">On the previous day, while receiving the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> from President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>, O'Hare was asked by the President what was needed in a new naval fighter; O'Hare's response was "something that would go upstairs faster."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson emphasized to Grumman, "you can't hit 'em if you can't see 'em"<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Late-production F6F-3s were powered by the same water-injected R-2800 used by the F6F-5.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">US produced 20 mm cannon were troubled by reliability issues delaying their introduction <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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Retrieved" 31 March 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/576/pics/21_1.jpg">http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/576/pics/21_1.jpg</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190109111233/http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/576/pics/21_1.jpg">Archived</a> 9 January 2019 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_URLs" title="Wikipedia:Bare URLs"><span title="A full citation of this image file is required to prevent link rot. (March 2022)">bare URL image file</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMillot_&_Nicolaou1993" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Millot & Nicolaou (1993). <i>Les avions Grumman 1929–1989</i> (in French). éditions Larivière. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2907051032" title="Special:BookSources/2907051032"><bdi>2907051032</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Les+avions+Grumman+1929%E2%80%931989&rft.pub=%C3%A9ditions+Larivi%C3%A8re&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=2907051032&rft.au=Millot+%26+Nicolaou&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGrumman+F6F+Hellcat" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-donald_american-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-donald_american_71-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Donald, 1995, p. 145.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Norton-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Norton_72-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Norton 2008, p. 38.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Krist 2006, pp. 91–92.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fleetairarm.com/exhibit/Grumman-Hellcat-II-KE209/2-4-17.aspx">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 79779."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013714/http://www.fleetairarm.com/exhibit/Grumman-Hellcat-II-KE209/2-4-17.aspx">Archived</a> 24 September 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Fleet Air Arm Museum. Retrieved: 11 April 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=41476">"FAA Registry: N41476"</a> Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved: 15 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/grumman-f6f-3n-hellcat/">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 41476."</a> American Heritage Museum. Retrieved: 30 October 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-77">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=30FG">"FAA Registry: N30FG"</a> Federal Aviation Administration Retrieved: 15 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1078Z">"FAA Registry: N1078Z"</a> Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved: 15 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cafsocal.com/our-aircrafts/our-aircraft-and-history/gruman-f6f-hellcat/">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 70222."</a> CAF Southern California Wing. Retrieved 22 January 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9265A">"FAA Registry: N9265A"</a> Federal Aviation Administration Retrieved: 15 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=79863">"FAA Registry: N79863"</a> Federal Aviation Administration Retrieved: 15 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flyingheritage.com/Explore/The-Collection/United-States/Grumman-F6F-5-Hellcat.aspx">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 79863."</a> Flying Heritage Collection. Retrieved: 22 January 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4998V">"FAA Registry: N4998V"</a> Federal Aviation Administration Retrieved: 15 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ericksoncollection.com/f6f5n-hellcat">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 94204."</a> Erickson Aircraft Collection. Retrieved: 11 April 2019.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4964W">"FAA Registry: N4964W"</a> Federal Aviation Administration Retrieved: 15 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.palmspringsairmuseum.org/aircrafts.htm">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 94473."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120317173342/http://palmspringsairmuseum.org/aircrafts.htm">Archived</a> 17 March 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Palm Springs Air Museum. Retrieved: 23 February 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/aircraft/f6f-3-hellcat/">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 25910."</a> National Naval Aviation Museum. Retrieved: 24 April 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-88">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19610107000">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 41834."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120312232205/http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19610107000">Archived</a> 12 March 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> National Air & Space Museum. Retrieved: 13 December 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-89"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-89">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sandiegoairandspace.org/collection/item/grumman-f6f-3-hellcat">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 42874."</a> San Diego Aerospace Museum. Retrieved: 11 April 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://usnasw.org/the-collection/">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 66237."</a> NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum. Retrieved: 24 April 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-91"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-91">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/grumman.pdf">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 77722."</a> <i>Warbird Directory: Grumman Page 12." Retrieved: 21 September 2022.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.neam.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 79192."</a> New England Air Museum. Retrieved: 11 April 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-93"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-93">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.patriotspoint.org/pdf/aircraft/f6f_hellcat.pdf">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 79593."</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged November 2024">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> Patriots Point Museum. Retrieved: 11 April 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-94"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-94">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.airzoo.org/wwii">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 79683."</a> AirZoo. Retrieved: 13 January 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-95"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-95">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/aircraft/f6f-5-hellcat/">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 94203."</a> National Naval Aviation Museum. Retrieved: 24 April 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-96"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-96">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/exhibits/exhibit-galleries/world_war_ii/grumman_f6f-5_hellcat.html">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 94263."</a> Cradle of Aviation Museum. Retrieved: 22 January 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-97"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-97">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7537U">"FAA Registry: N7537U."</a> Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved: 15 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-98"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-98">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2094G">"FAA Registry: N2094G</a> Federal Aviation Administration Retrieved: 15 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-99"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-99">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9133H">"FAA Registry: N9133H</a> Federal Aviation Administration Retrieved: 15 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-100"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8004H">"FAA Registry: N8004H</a> Federal Aviation Administration Retrieved: 15 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-101"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-101">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://yanksair.org/collection/grumman-g-50-hellcat-f6f-3/?_sft_manufacturer_inventor=grumman">"Grumman F6F Hellcat/Bu. 93879."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191228025613/https://yanksair.org/collection/grumman-g-50-hellcat-f6f-3/?_sft_manufacturer_inventor=grumman">Archived</a> 28 December 2019 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Yanks Air Museum. Retrieved: 12 May 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-102"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-102">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4994V">"FAA Registry: N4994V"</a> Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved: 15 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=94038">"FAA Registry: N94038</a> Federal Aviation Administration Retrieved: 15 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7861C">"FAA Registry: N7861C"</a> Federal Aviation Administration Retrieved: 15 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-105"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-105">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/f6f/f6f.html">"F6F Performance"</a>. <i>wwiiaircraftperformance.org</i>. WWII Aircraft Performance<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 November</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=wwiiaircraftperformance.org&rft.atitle=F6F+Performance&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wwiiaircraftperformance.org%2Ff6f%2Ff6f.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGrumman+F6F+Hellcat" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-jane-106"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-jane_106-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bridgman 1946, pp. 233–234.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SAC-107"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SAC_107-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Standard Aircraft Characteristics: F6F-5 Hellcat</i>. NAVAER 1335A.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Selig-108"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Selig_108-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLednicer" class="citation web cs1">Lednicer, David. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html">"The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage"</a>. <i>m-selig.ae.illinois.edu</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 April</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=m-selig.ae.illinois.edu&rft.atitle=The+Incomplete+Guide+to+Airfoil+Usage&rft.aulast=Lednicer&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fm-selig.ae.illinois.edu%2Fads%2Faircraft.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGrumman+F6F+Hellcat" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_F6F_Hellcat&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li>Anderton, David A. <i>Hellcat</i>. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1981. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7106-0036-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-7106-0036-4">0-7106-0036-4</a>.</li> <li>Barber, S.B. <i>Naval Aviation Combat Statistics: World War II, OPNAV-P-23V No. A129</i>. Washington, D.C.: Air Branch, Office of Naval Intelligence, 1946.</li> <li>Bridgman, Leonard, ed. "The Grumman Hellcat." <i>Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II</i>. London: Studio, 1946. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85170-493-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-85170-493-0">1-85170-493-0</a>.</li> <li>Brown, Eric, CBE, DCS, AFC, RN., William Green and Gordon Swanborough. 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Warrendale, Pennsylvania: Society of Automotive Engineers Inc., 2001. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-76800-272-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-76800-272-0">978-0-76800-272-0</a>.</li> <li>Winchester, Jim, ed. "Grumman F6F Hellcat." <i>Aircraft of World War II</i> (Aviation Fact File). Rochester, UK: Grange Books plc, 2004. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84013-639-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-84013-639-1">1-84013-639-1</a>.</li> <li>Zbiegniewski, Andre R. <i>Grumman F6F Hellcat (Kagero Monografie No.10)</i> (Bilingual Polish/English). 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Grumman</a> aircraft</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manufacturer<br /> designations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">G-1</a> (floats only)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">G-2</a> (floats only)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-3 (page does not exist)">G-3</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-4 (page does not exist)">G-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">G-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">G-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">G-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F2F" title="Grumman F2F">G-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">G-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">G-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">G-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">G-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XSBF" title="Grumman XSBF">G-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_J2F_Duck" title="Grumman J2F Duck">G-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-16</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-17&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-17 (page does not exist)">G-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">G-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">G-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-24</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-25&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-25 (page does not exist)">G-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-26</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-27&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-27 (page does not exist)">G-27</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-29&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-29 (page does not exist)">G-29</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-30&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-30 (page does not exist)">G-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">G-34</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-35&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-35 (page does not exist)">G-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">G-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">G-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_XJL" title="Columbia XJL">G-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-44_Widgeon" title="Grumman G-44 Widgeon">G-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">G-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XP-50" title="Grumman XP-50">G-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-47</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-48&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-48 (page does not exist)">G-48</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-49&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-49 (page does not exist)">G-49</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">G-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">G-52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-53</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G-54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XTB2F" title="Grumman XTB2F">G-55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">G-56</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-57&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-57 (page does not exist)">G-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">G-58</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G-59</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G-60</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G-61</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-62&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-62 (page does not exist)">G-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Kitten" title="Grumman Kitten">G-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-65_Tadpole" title="Grumman G-65 Tadpole">G-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XTSF" title="Grumman XTSF">G-66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">G-67</a></li> <li><a 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title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_AF_Guardian" title="Grumman AF Guardian">G-90</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-91&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-91 (page does not exist)">G-91</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-92&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-92 (page does not exist)">G-92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-1_Tracer" title="Grumman E-1 Tracer">G-94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-96</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-97&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-97 (page does not exist)">G-97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">G-98</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">J</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-101</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-102&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-102 (page does not exist)">G-102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-106</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-107&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-107 (page does not exist)">G-107</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-108&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-108 (page does not exist)">G-108</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-109&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-109 (page does not exist)">G-109</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-110&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-110 (page does not exist)">G-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-112</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-113&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-113 (page does not exist)">G-113</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-114&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-114 (page does not exist)">G-114</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-115&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-115 (page does not exist)">G-115</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-116&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-116 (page does not exist)">G-116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-1_Tracer" title="Grumman E-1 Tracer">G-117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-118" title="Grumman G-118">G-118</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-119&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-119 (page does not exist)">G-119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-121</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-122&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-122 (page does not exist)">G-122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye" title="Grumman E-2 Hawkeye">G-123</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-124&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-124 (page does not exist)">G-124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-126</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-127&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-127 (page does not exist)">G-127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">G-128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">G-129</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-130&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-130 (page does not exist)">G-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-132" title="Grumman G-132">G-132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk" title="Grumman OV-1 Mohawk">G-134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-137</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-142</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-143&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-143 (page does not exist)">G-143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-154</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_I" title="Grumman Gulfstream I">G-159</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Ag_Cat" title="Grumman Ag Cat">G-164</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-165</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-170&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-170 (page does not exist)">G-170</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-191</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-211</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-214&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-214 (page does not exist)">G-214</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-215 (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-215 (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-226</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-231</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-234</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-235&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-235 (page does not exist)">G-235</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-242&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-242 (page does not exist)">G-242</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-244</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-251</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-262</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-270</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_F-111B" title="General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B">G-273</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-279&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-279 (page does not exist)">G-279</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-283&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-283 (page does not exist)">G-283</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-288</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-296&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-296 (page does not exist)">G-296</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-300&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-300 (page does not exist)">G-300</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">G-303</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-305</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-306&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-306 (page does not exist)">G-306</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_F-111B" title="General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B">G-310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-315</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-327&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-327 (page does not exist)">G-327</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-333</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-340</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-341</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-342</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-344&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-344 (page does not exist)">G-344</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-356&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-356 (page does not exist)">G-356</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-359&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-359 (page does not exist)">G-359</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-371&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-371 (page does not exist)">G-371</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-376&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-376 (page does not exist)">G-376</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module" title="Apollo Lunar Module">G-378</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">G-391</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-399&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-399 (page does not exist)">G-399</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module" title="Apollo Lunar Module">G-413</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_I" title="Grumman Gulfstream I">G-426</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">G-429</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_F-111B" title="General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B">G-431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-436</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-450&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-450 (page does not exist)">G-450</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">G-467</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-484&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-484 (page does not exist)">G-484</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-486&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-486 (page does not exist)">G-486</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-487&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-487 (page does not exist)">G-487</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-511&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-511 (page does not exist)">G-511</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-516&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-516 (page does not exist)">G-516</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-518&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-518 (page does not exist)">G-518</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-532&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-532 (page does not exist)">G-532</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-550&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-550 (page does not exist)">G-550</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-607&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-607 (page does not exist)">G-607</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-612&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-612 (page does not exist)">G-612</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-613&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-613 (page does not exist)">G-613</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-618&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-618 (page does not exist)">G-618</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-623&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-623 (page does not exist)">G-623</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-636&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-636 (page does not exist)">G-636</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-674&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-674 (page does not exist)">G-674</a></li> <li>G-680 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" title="Grumman EA-6B Prowler">P</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-698&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-698 (page does not exist)">G-698</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk" title="Grumman OV-1 Mohawk">G-704</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-711&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-711 (page does not exist)">G-711</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_X-29" title="Grumman X-29">G-712</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_X-29" title="Grumman X-29">G-723</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk" title="Grumman OV-1 Mohawk">G-728</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-730&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-730 (page does not exist)">G-730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">G-744</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-754&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-754 (page does not exist)">G-754</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-755&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-755 (page does not exist)">G-755</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flxible_Metro" title="Flxible Metro">G-870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" title="Grumman EA-6B Prowler">G-1128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_II" title="Grumman Gulfstream II">G-1159</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Model_400" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman Model 400">Model 400</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By role</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">FF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F2F" title="Grumman F2F">F2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">F3F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">F4F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">XF5F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XP-50" title="Grumman XP-50">XP-50</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">F6F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XP-50" title="Grumman XP-50">XP-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">F7F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">F8F</a></li> <li>F9F <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">-1 to -5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">-6 to -8</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">F-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF10F_Jaguar" title="Grumman XF10F Jaguar">XF10F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">F11F/F-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">F11F-1F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-118" title="Grumman G-118">G-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_F-111B" title="General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B">F-111B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">F-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-23" title="Northrop YF-23">NATF-23</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bombers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_B-2_Spirit" title="Northrop B-2 Spirit">B-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-21_Raider" title="Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider">B-21</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Attack/Patrol</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">TBF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XTSF" title="Grumman XTSF">XTSF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XTB2F" title="Grumman XTB2F">TB2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_AF_Guardian" title="Grumman AF Guardian">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">S-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">A-6</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Recon/Scouts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XSBF" title="Grumman XSBF">XSBF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-1_Tracer" title="Grumman E-1 Tracer">E-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk" title="Grumman OV-1 Mohawk">OV-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" title="Grumman EA-6B Prowler">EA-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye" title="Grumman E-2 Hawkeye">E-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Utility/Transports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">UC-103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">JF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_J2F_Duck" title="Grumman J2F Duck">J2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_J2F_Duck" title="Grumman J2F Duck">OA-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">JRF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">J3F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">OA-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">OA-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-44_Widgeon" title="Grumman G-44 Widgeon">OA-14/J4F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">U-16/JR2F/UF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">C-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-2_Greyhound" title="Grumman C-2 Greyhound">C-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Civil aircraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-73_Mallard" title="Grumman G-73 Mallard">Mallard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Ag_Cat" title="Grumman Ag Cat">Ag Cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Kitten" title="Grumman Kitten">Kitten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-65_Tadpole" title="Grumman G-65 Tadpole">Tadpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_I" title="Grumman Gulfstream I">Gulfstream I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_II" title="Grumman Gulfstream II">Gulfstream II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module" title="Apollo Lunar Module">Apollo Lunar Module</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS" title="Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS">E-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-10_MC2A" title="Northrop Grumman E-10 MC2A">E-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_EF-111A_Raven" title="General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven">EF-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk">Q-4</a>/<a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-4C_Triton" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-8_Fire_Scout" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout">Q-8</a>/<a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-8C_Fire_Scout" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-180" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-180">Q-180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_X-29" title="Grumman X-29">X-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47A_Pegasus" title="Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus">X-47A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B" title="Northrop Grumman X-47B">X-47B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Bat" title="Northrop Grumman Bat">Bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Firebird" title="Northrop Grumman Firebird">Firebird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Switchblade" title="Northrop Grumman Switchblade">Switchblade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By name</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Ag_Cat" title="Grumman Ag Cat">Ag Cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">Albatross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">Avenger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Bat" title="Northrop Grumman Bat">Bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">Bearcat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">Cougar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">Duck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">Fifi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Firebird" title="Northrop Grumman Firebird">Firebird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-8C_Fire_Scout" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout">Fire Scout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk">Global Hawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">Goose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-2_Greyhound" title="Grumman C-2 Greyhound">Greyhound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_AF_Guardian" title="Grumman AF Guardian">Guardian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">Gulfhawk III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_I" title="Grumman Gulfstream I">Gulfstream I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_II" title="Grumman Gulfstream II">Gulfstream II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye" title="Grumman E-2 Hawkeye">Hawkeye</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hellcat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman 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title="Northrop B-2 Spirit">Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">Super Tiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Switchblade" title="Northrop Grumman Switchblade">Switchblade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-65_Tadpole" title="Grumman G-65 Tadpole">Tadpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">Tiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">Tigercat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">Tomcat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-1_Tracer" title="Grumman E-1 Tracer">Tracer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">Tracker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">Trader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-4C_Triton" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton">Triton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">Wildcat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-44_Widgeon" title="Grumman G-44 Widgeon">Widgeon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Grumman" title="Leroy Grumman">Leroy Grumman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Swirbul" title="Jake Swirbul">Jake Swirbul</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night 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href="/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory_TS" title="Naval Aircraft Factory TS">F2C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory_TS" title="Naval Aircraft Factory TS">F3C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory_TS" title="Naval Aircraft Factory TS">F4C</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">F5C</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_F6C_Hawk" title="Curtiss F6C Hawk">F6C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_F7C_Seahawk" title="Curtiss F7C Seahawk">F7C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">F8C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_F9C_Sparrowhawk" title="Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk">F9C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">F10C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_F11C_Goshawk" title="Curtiss F11C Goshawk">F11C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_SBC_Helldiver" title="Curtiss SBC Helldiver">F12C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XF13C" title="Curtiss XF13C">F13C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XF14C" title="Curtiss XF14C">F14C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XF15C" title="Curtiss XF15C">F15C</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Aircraft_Company" title="Douglas Aircraft Company">Douglas</a><br /><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Aircraft_Corporation" title="McDonnell Aircraft Corporation">McDonnell</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_XFD" title="Douglas XFD">FD</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">F2D</span><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F3D_Skyknight" title="Douglas F3D Skyknight">F3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F4D_Skyray" title="Douglas F4D Skyray">F4D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F5D_Skylancer" title="Douglas F5D Skylancer">F5D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F6D_Missileer" title="Douglas F6D Missileer">F6D</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_FH_Phantom" title="McDonnell FH Phantom">FD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F2H_Banshee" title="McDonnell F2H Banshee">F2D</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grumman" title="Grumman">Grumman</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">FF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F2F" title="Grumman F2F">F2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">F3F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">F4F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">F5F</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">F6F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">F7F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">F8F</a></li> <li>F9F <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">-1 to -5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">-6 to -8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">-9</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF10F_Jaguar" title="Grumman XF10F Jaguar">F10F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">F11F</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">-1F/2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">F12F (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-118" title="Grumman G-118">F12F (II)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eberhart_Steel_Products_Company" title="Eberhart Steel Products Company">Eberhart</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Aerospace" title="Goodyear 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XFH">FH</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_FH_Phantom" title="McDonnell FH Phantom">FH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F2H_Banshee" title="McDonnell F2H Banshee">F2H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F3H_Demon" title="McDonnell F3H Demon">F3H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">F4H</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce" title="Berliner-Joyce">Berliner-Joyce</a><br /><a href="/wiki/North_American_Aviation" title="North American Aviation">North American</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_XFJ" title="Berliner-Joyce XFJ">FJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_XF2J" title="Berliner-Joyce XF2J">F2J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_XF3J" title="Berliner-Joyce XF3J">F3J</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ_Fury" title="North American FJ Fury">FJ</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-1_Fury" title="North American FJ-1 Fury">-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-2/-3_Fury" title="North American FJ-2/-3 Fury">-2/3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">-4</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Loening" title="Loening">Loening</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bell_Aircraft" title="Bell Aircraft">Bell</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Loening_XFL" title="Loening XFL">FL</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XFL_Airabonita" title="Bell XFL Airabonita">FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-59_Airacomet" title="Bell P-59 Airacomet">F2L-1</a></li> <li><a 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