Grumman F6F Hellcat
Grumman F6F Hellcatadalah sebuah pesawat tempur yang dioperasikan di atas kapal induk yang dibangunkan untuk mengantikan pesawat F4F Wildcat yang lebih awal digunakan dalam layanan Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat . Meskipun F6F menyerupai Wildcat, ia merupakan satu desain baru yang berbeda dengan listrik 2.000 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800 . Hellcat dan Vought F4U Corsair merupakan pesawat tempur Angkatan Laut A.S yang utama selama paruh kedua Perang Dunia II.
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| Sebuah Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat milik Angkatan Laut A.S | |
| Jenis | Pesawat tempur |
| Pembuat | Grumman |
| Penerbangan perdana | 26 Juni 1942 |
| Diperkenalkan | 1943 |
| Dipensiunkan | 1960 Angkatan Laut Uruguai[1] |
| Pengguna utama | Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat Korps Marinir Amerika Serikat Royal Navy Angkatan Laut Prancis |
| Dibuat | 1942–1945 |
| Jumlah | 12,275 |
| Harga satuan | $35,000 in 1945[2] |
Rujukan
- Nota
- ^ Uruguayan Navy
- ^ Ferguson 2005, pp. 149–175.
- Bibliografi
- Anderton, David A. Hellcat. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1981. ISBN 0-7106-0036-4.
- Barber, S.B. Naval Aviation Combat Statistics: World War II, OPNAV-P-23V No. A129. Washington, DC: Air Branch, Office of Naval Intelligence, 1946.
- Bridgman, Leonard, ed. “The Grumman Hellcat.” Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. ISBN 1-85170-493-0.
- Brown, Eric, CBE, DCS, AFC, RN., William Green and Gordon Swanborough. "Grumman Hellcat". Wings of the Navy, Flying Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War Two. London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1980, pp. 167–176. ISBN 0-7106-0002-X.
- Drendel, Lou. "Grumman F6F Hellcat". U.S. Navy Carrier Fighters of World War II. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications Inc., 1987, pp. 45–68. ISBN 0-89747-194-6.
- Faltum, Andrew. The Essex Aircraft Carriers. Baltimore, MD: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1996. ISBN 1-877853-26-7.
- Ferguson, Robert G. "One Thousand Planes a Day: Ford, Grumman, General Motors and the Arsenal of Democracy." History and Technology, Volume 21, Issue 2, 2005.
- Green, William. Famous Fighters of the Second World War. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1975. ISBN 0-385-12395-7.
- Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. "Grumman F6F Hellcat". WW2 Fact Files: US Navy and Marine Corps Fighters. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1976, pp. 47–56. ISBN 0-356-08222-9.
- Hill, Richard M. Grumman F6F-3/5 Hellcat in USN-USMC-FAA-Aeronavale & Uruguayan Service. Reading, Berkshire, UK: Osprey Publications Ltd., 1971. ISBN 1-85045-023-3.
- Kinzey, Bert. F6F Hellcat in detail and scale (D&S Vol.26). Shrewsbury, UK: AirLife Publishing Ltd., 1987. ISBN 1-85310-603-8.
- Kinzey, Bert. F6F Hellcat in detail and scale (D&S Vol.49). Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications Inc., 1996. ISBN 1-888974-00-1.
- Kit, Mister and Jean-Pierre DeCock. F6F Hellcat (in French). Paris, France: Éditions Atlas s.a., 1981.
- Krist, Jan. Bojové Legendy: Grumman F6F Hellcat (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Jan Vašut s.r.o., 2006. ISBN 80-7236-432-9.
- Mendenhall, Charles A. Wildcats & Hellcats: Gallant Grummans in World War II. St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks International, 1984. ISBN 0-87938-177-9.
- Norton, Bill. U.S. Experimental & Prototype Aircraft Projects: Fighters 1939-1945. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 2008, pp. 80–85. ISBN 978-1-58007-109-3.
- O'Leary, Michael. United States Naval Fighters of World War II in Action. Poole, Dorset, UK: Blandford Press, 1980. ISBN 0-7137-0956-1.
- Winchester, Jim, ed. "Grumman F6F Hellcat." Aircraft of World War II (Aviation Fact File). Rochester, UK: Grange Books plc, 2004. ISBN 1-84013-639-1.
- Zbiegniewski, Andre R. Grumman F6F Hellcat (Kagero Monografie No.10) (Bilingual Polish/English). Lublin, Poland: Kagero, 2004. ISBN 83-89088-49-5.
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