[Plutarch]

The Hellcat never squared off with the Luftwaffe.

Actually, Hellcats were used in Operation Dragoon, the invasion of Southern France, from carriers such as the USS Tulagi and there saw action against the Luftwaffe .

F6F-5 8 flown by Ens Alred R. Wood & Ens Edward W. Olszewski of VOF-1, USS Tulagi, August 1944

[Goldsborough]

I am familiar with that account of Hellcats in Southern Europe, but I guess I should have clarified, I am not aware of any dogfighting between the F6F and Luftwaffe front line fighters.