Several issues plagued the airframe and delayed introduction to carrier service, leaving it to Marine land-based squadrons to introduce the F4U…
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Check out this dramatic photo of an F6F smashing into 6 other parked Hellcats with pilots aboard
by Dario LeoneA Hellcat smashes into 6 other F6F parked forward on Cowpens’ flight deck as crewmen duck and run for cover. Note that there are pilots…
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The Story of the First Kamikaze Attack in World War II
by Dario LeoneAt 1053 hours on the morning of Oct. 25, 1944, an A6M5 Zeke deliberately hit USS St. Lo (CVE-63), survivor of…
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This F6F Hellcat Pilot and his Puppy were Inseparable until he was shot down over Indochina
by Dario Leone‘Rabbit’ Moranville and ‘Gunner’ were inseparable until Moranville was shot down over Indochina in January 1945. On the afternoon of Jan.…
