| Description |
1 online resource (280 pages) |
| Summary |
Largely responsible for crushing Japanese airpower wherever the American fast carrier force sailed, the Grumman F6F Hellcat was considered the most important Allied aircraft in the Pacific during 1943 and 1944. Designed for speed, range, and climb to compete with Japan's exceptional Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it succeeded not only in engaging the "Zeke" on equal terms but also in dictating the rules of combat. Fighters in every sense of the word, the Hellcats were credited with destroying more than five thousand Japanese aircraft, gaining outright air supremacy over the invasion beaches, and helping. |
| Language |
English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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Hellcat (Fighter planes)
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II. |
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Hellcat (Fighter planes) |
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Military operations, Aerial -- American |
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Pacific Ocean https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJt3VGpY6rKDD3QVRdJVYP |
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World War (1939-1945) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Tillman, Barrett. Hellcat : The F6F in World War II. Annopolis : Naval Institute Press, ©2012 9781557509918 |
| ISBN |
9781612511894 (electronic bk.) |
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1612511899 (electronic bk.) |
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1574880934 |
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9781574880939 |
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