The Naval History and Heritage Command remarks, “The F6F accounted for 5,223 enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat, the ...

named after the American WWII Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter plane, burst onto the scene with an enormous output of 707 horsepower. Thanks to a massive supercharger placed atop the engine ...

The F6F Hellcat was not manufactured by Chrysler, but by Grumman. The Hellcat's engine was the air-cooled R-2800 Double Wasp, built by Pratt & Whitney. The names of fighter aircraft were rarely ...