F6f Hellcat At War

"F6F Hellcat at War" traces the history of the U.S. Navy's premier World War II fighter, including the pioneering developments of the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, wartime construction and testing in New York, and the Hellcat's distinguished combat career in the Pacific. While the F6F was not the fastest or most maneuverable fighter, aviators loved their trusty Hellcats because they were incredibly tough, marvelously powerful, and easy to fly. In the last two years of war, the Hellcat dominated the skies over the Pacific, stopping the once-vaunted A6M Zero and tallying a victory-to-loss ratio of over 19 to 1. Through compelling accounts, never-before-seen photographs, and detailed drawings, "F6F Hellcat at War "tells the story of one of the war's most successful yet underappreciated fighter aircraft.