Also knocked down some German aircraft flying off RN carriers. So did the Corsair.
the Battle of Mechanicsburg - the first major engagement of the Seven Days
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It’s Mechanicsville.
Also knocked down some German aircraft flying off RN carriers. So did the Corsair.
Retreat, Hell! We just got here!
I think the Hellcat was to the Wildcat about like the Super Hornet is to the Hornet.
I have read that he Wildcat could hold it’s own with Japan’s top fighters but did have some weaknesses. The Hellcat was superior to them.
I have also read that the P-40 was better than generally given credit. It had a faster roll rate than the zero. I guess that is how fast it can roll around 360 degrees but am not sure.
Also on June 26, 1941, 4 days after the start of Barbarossa, 3 Soviet TB-3's bombed Kassa, Hungary bring them into the war on Germany's side.
They were trying to bomb a city in Slovakia. Oops.
The Grumman F6F “Hellcat” - credited with the most aerial victories of any Allied naval aircraft during World War II
>I think I read somewhere that the Hellcat had the most aerial victories of ANY allied aircraft in WW2 period - not just naval aircraft. Or maybe it was the highest kill ratio of any allied aircraft I’m thinking of - again, not just naval. One would think the Spitfire or the Mustang in Europe would have had the most victories.
Employment of the Hellcat benefitted greatly from our recovery of a Zero shot down in the Aleutians. By the time it was salvaged and restored to flight status, the F6F had been designed. But flying the Zero highlighted deficiencies that could be exploited in combat, so when the Hellcat entered the fray, pilots not only had an aircraft that was much more powerful and almost as maneuverable, they also knew how to maximize their advantages against the Zero.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akutan_Zero