Название: F6F Hellcat at War [The at War Series]
Автор: Cory Graff
Издательство: Zenith Press
ISBN: 0760333068
Год: 2009
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 162
Размер: 126,8 МБ
Язык: Английский
Descended from the F4F Wildcat (and sometimes called the Wildcat’s “big brother”), the Grumman F6F Hellcat debuted with the Pacific Fleet in mid-1943 and soon was taking on Japanese Zero fighters. Over the next two years, the Hellcat proved to be the most successful fighter aircraft in naval history--with more than 5,000 air-to-air kills in the Pacific, and the highest kill/loss ratio of any American fighter plane in Army, Navy, or Marine service during World War II. Taking advantage of the Hellcat’s combination of easy handling and lethality, more than 300 of its pilots achieved “ace” status.