The F6F Hellcat replaced the Wildcat and was designed to match the Japanese Zero fighter airplanes. It was the U.S. Navy’s ...

Entering service in 1940, the Focke-Wulf Fw190 was one of Germany's widely produced planes and was the country's only fighter plane ... The Grumman F6F Hellcat could be ranked among the top ...

Therefore, it was quickly realised that what was needed was a more powerful fighter that could match ... of one of the greatest fighters of World War II – the Grumman F6F Hellcat.

The F6F Hellcat replaced the Wildcat and was designed to match the Japanese Zero fighter airplanes. It was the U.S. Navy’s dominant carrier-based fighter during the second half of World War II.