Grumman F6F Hellcat

Grumman F6F Hellcat adalah 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.

F6F Hellcat
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
  1. ^ Uruguayan Navy
  2. ^ Ferguson 2005, pp. 149–175.
Bibliografi
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