F6F HELLCAT IN ACTION

Sullivan, Jim & Scrivner, Charles.

ISBN 10: 0897478088 / ISBN 13: 9780897478083

Published by Squadron/Signal Publications, 2016

About this Item

In Action 10216. New paperback copies. ; A pictorial study with captions. Illustrated with b/w & colour photographs. With colour aircraft profiles. ; 80 pages. Seller Inventory # 74563

Bibliographic Details

Title: F6F HELLCAT IN ACTION

Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications

Publication Date: 2016

Binding: Paperback

Illustrator: Greer, Don; Spraggins, Matheu

Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis:

Expanded edition with more photos, updated content and 20 extra pages. During WWII, the US Navy needed a powerful fighter to counter the Japanese Zero. After their debut in combat in early 1943, Hellcats scored more than 5,000 confirmed kills with a 19:1 kill ratio. The folding-wing aircraft were capable of operating from carriers or land. Some were equipped with radar for night combat. The heavily armed fighters could pack armament including six wing-mounted .50-caliber machine guns, 20mm cannons, wing-mounted rockets, and a bomb rack. Flown by both the US Navy and Marine Corps, the aircraft was also employed by the British Fleet Air Arm during WWII. France also made use of the aircraft after the war, employing it during the Indochina conflict in the early 1950s. In US service after WWII, remote-controlled versions of the aircraft were used to test atomic bomb blasts and as flying bombs.

About the Author:

Jim Sullivan is a national seminar leader and dating-and-relationship coach with twenty-five years of counseling experience. He holds two master’ s degrees, one in counseling from New York University and one in religious studies from Manhattan College. He lives in New York City and can be reached at www.boyfriend101.com.

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