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New threat: US Navy F6F Hellcat pilots recall the first encounter with Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force’s potent N1K1-J Shiden fighter

Aviation History / Military Aviation

New threat: US Navy F6F Hellcat pilots recall the first encounter with Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force’s potent N1K1-J Shiden fighter

Dario Leone

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How US Navy aircraft sank Imperial Japanese Navy’s Oite Kamikaze destroyer during Operation Hailstone against the island base of Truk

Aviation History / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

How US Navy aircraft sank Imperial Japanese Navy’s Oite Kamikaze destroyer during Operation Hailstone against the island base of Truk

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Aviation History / Military Aviation

Here’s why an Imperial Japanese fighter pilot’s first encounter with the F6F Hellcat was usually his last

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US Navy’s leading ace and top F6F Hellcat ace David McCampbell explains how he was able to shoot down six D4Y Judy dive bombers in a single sortie during the ‘Great Marianas Turkey Shoot’

Aviation Humor / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

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The story of Koga’s Zero, the captured A6M that helped the F6F Hellcat become the most effective carrier fighter of World War II

Aviation History / Military Aviation / Warbirds

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Airshows / Military Aviation

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Here’s how the Royal Navy fixed the F4U shortcomings for which the US Navy deemed the Corsair unsuitable for aircraft carrier operations

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / Warbirds

Here’s how the Royal Navy fixed the F4U shortcomings for which the US Navy deemed the Corsair unsuitable for aircraft carrier operations

Dario Leone

Check out this dramatic photo of an F6F smashing into 6 other parked Hellcats with pilots aboard

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / Warbirds

Check out this dramatic photo of an F6F smashing into 6 other parked Hellcats with pilots aboard

Dario Leone

The Story of the First Kamikaze Attack in World War II

Aviation History / Military Aviation

The Story of the First Kamikaze Attack in World War II

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This F6F Hellcat Pilot and his Puppy were Inseparable until he was shot down over Indochina

Aviation History / Military Aviation / Warbirds

This F6F Hellcat Pilot and his Puppy were Inseparable until he was shot down over Indochina

Dario Leone

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