HotP - Brothers in Arms
Blimey! Apparently we British had something to do with World War II - who'd have thunk it!
The Grumman Hellcat - like it's predecessor the Wildcat - served with both the American and British naval air arms. In fact it's a overlooked fact that British Wildcats made the first Wildcat aerial kill a year before the American Wildcats did...
Anglo-American rivalries aside, the Grumman series of naval fighters were superb combat aircraft and some of the best fighters of the war - often forgotten about in favour of their air force counterparts.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F6F_Hellcat
In Royal Navy service the Hellcat was initially re-named the 'Gannet' - ironic considering the tubby appearance of the plane! The British fielded the Hellcat successfully against German fighters like the Me109 and the FW190!
In American service the kill rate against the Japanese was legendary - a truely wonderful machine.
Read my review of www.milgeek.co.uk/milgeeknews/2010/2/13/heroes-of-the-pac...
HotP - Brothers in Arms
Blimey! Apparently we British had something to do with World War II - who'd have thunk it!
The Grumman Hellcat - like it's predecessor the Wildcat - served with both the American and British naval air arms. In fact it's a overlooked fact that British Wildcats made the first Wildcat aerial kill a year before the American Wildcats did...
Anglo-American rivalries aside, the Grumman series of naval fighters were superb combat aircraft and some of the best fighters of the war - often forgotten about in favour of their air force counterparts.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F6F_Hellcat
In Royal Navy service the Hellcat was initially re-named the 'Gannet' - ironic considering the tubby appearance of the plane! The British fielded the Hellcat successfully against German fighters like the Me109 and the FW190!
In American service the kill rate against the Japanese was legendary - a truely wonderful machine.
Read my review of www.milgeek.co.uk/milgeeknews/2010/2/13/heroes-of-the-pac...