A Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter is photographed on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown as the U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Boise (CL-47) passes alongside. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
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Marine F6F Hellcat night fighter parked on Orote Airfield on Guam, August 1944. (U.S. Marine Corps Photograph.)
The flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) during the ship’s shakedown cruise in March 1943 with numerous F6F Hellcat fighters and SBD Dauntless bombers. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph, U.S. National Archives.)
Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighters of the U.S. Navy Fighting Squadron 40 (VF-40) on the runway at Espiritu Santo. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Prior to the invasion of Southern France, U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron 74 (VF-74) are parked on the deck of the escort carrier USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69), August 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Maintenance work on the F6F Hellcat “Minsi II” on board the USS Essex off the coast of Saipan, July 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Sailors on the USS Hornet fold the wings of a Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter after a raid over the Marianas, June 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Grumman XF6F-4 Hellcat: This Grumman XF6F-4 Hellcat tested while at Langley a turbo-supercharger, rather than a gear-driven supercharger as was the norm with the F6F. This aircraft served with the NACA for almost one year...
Original Caption: Rough Raiders, Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Wagner | Navy Media Content Services | Date: 06.05.2010. An F6F Hellcat flies alongside an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Rough Raiders of Strike Fighter...
(U.S. Navy, Naval Aviation News, Sept. 1944)