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The F6F-5 was the first aircraft used by the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels official flight demonstration team at its formation in 1946. [60] A F6F-5K Hellcat target drone is shot down by the heavy cruiser USS Saint Paul, in 1954. The French Naval Aviation was equipped with F6F-5 Hellcats and used them in combat in Indochina.
VF-8 F6F-3s in flight in 1943 VF-8 under the command of LCDR William M. Collins Jr. was initially assigned to the USS Intrepid during that ship's shakedown cruise in the Caribbean. In March 1944 the squadron was deployed as part of Carrier Air Group 8 (CVG-8) aboard the USS Bunker Hill until October 1944.
VF-33, equipped with F6F Hellcats, was first deployed to Munda where they supported the New Georgia Campaign. [2]While deployed in the Solomons, VF-33 was credited with 60 Japanese aircraft shot down, [2]: 19 and produced three aces: Lt.(jg) Frank E. Schnieder with seven kills, Lt. C. K. Hildebrandt with five kills, and Lt.(jg) James J. Kinsella also with five kills, three with VF-33 and two ...
The Bearcat was influenced by the larger F6F Hellcat. In 1943, Grumman was introducing the F6F Hellcat, powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine, which provided 2,000 horsepower (1,500 kW). The R-2800 was the most powerful American engine, so it would be retained for the G-58.
VF-83 F6F-5s on USS Essex, 20 May 1945. VF-83 formed part of Carrier Air Group 83 (CVG-83) assigned to the USS Essex.CVG-83 was in action in the Pacific theatre from 10 March to 15 September 1945 participating in raids on Kyushu, supporting the invasion of Okinawa, the discovery and sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato and other air strikes against the Japanese home islands.
VF-80 equipped with the F6F-5 Hellcat was assigned to Carrier Air Group 80 (CVG-80) on the USS Ticonderoga.From 5–14 November 1944, VF-80 attacked Japanese targets around the Philippines in support of the invasion of Leyte and conducted combat air patrols to protect the task group.
VF-1 F6F-3 launches from the hangar deck catapult of USS Yorktown in June 1943 VF-1 F6F-3 aboard USS Yorktown, June 1944. VF-1 operating the Grumman F6F Hellcat was embarked on the USS Yorktown (CV-10) on its shakedown cruise in the Caribbean in June 1943. VF-1 was transferred to Kaneohe Naval Air Station in August 1943. [2]
McCampbell entered combat on May 14 [2] and flew at least four Grumman F6F Hellcats while aboard the Essex: an F6F-3 named Monsoon Maiden (damaged by AA, removed from service on 20 May 1944), an F6F-3 named The Minsi (10 + 1 ⁄ 2 kills), an F6F-5 named Minsi II, and an F6F-5 named Minsi III (Bureau Number 70143), in which he scored the last 23 ...