Grumman F6F Hellcat

F6F Hellcat
Sebuah Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat milik Tentera Laut A.S
Peranan	Pesawat pejuang
Pengeluar	Grumman
Penerbangan pertama	26 Jun 1942
Diperkenalkan	1943
Dihentikan	1960 Tentera Laut Uruguay[1]
Syarikat penerbangan utama	Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat Kor Marin Amerika Syarikat Tentera Laut Diraja Tentera Laut Perancis
Dikeluarkan	1942–1945
Jumlah dibina	12,275
Kos unit	$35,000 in 1945[2]

Grumman F6F Hellcatadalah sebuah pesawat pejuang yang dioperasikan di atas kapal pengangkut pesawat yang dibangunkan untuk mengantikan pesawat F4F Wildcat yang lebih awal digunakan dalam khidmat Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat. Meskipun F6F menyerupai Wildcat, ia merupakan satu rekabentuk baru yang berbeza dengan janakuasa 2,000 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800. Beberapa pihak mentagnya sebagai "Abang kepada Wildcat".^[3] Hellcat dan Vought F4U Corsair merupakan pesawat pejuang Tentera Laut A.S yang utama semasa separuh kedua Perang Dunia II.

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Bibliografi

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• 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.
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• Dann, Lcdr. Richard S. USNR. F6F Hellcat Walk Around. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications Inc., 1996. ISBN 0-89747-362-0.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• Jarski, Adam and Waldemar Pajdosz. F6F Hellcat (Aircraft Monograph 20). Gdańsk, Poland: AJ-Press, 2007.
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• 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.
• Mondey, David. American Aircraft of World War II (Hamlyn Concise Guide). London: Bounty Books, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7537-1461-4.
• 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.
• Spick, Mike. Fighter Pilot Tactics . The Techniques of Daylight Air Combat. Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stephens, 1983. ISBN 0-85059-617-3.
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• Taylor, John W.R. "Grumman F6F Hellcat." Combat Aircraft of the World from 1909 to the present. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. ISBN 0-425-03633-2.
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• Tillman, Barrett. Hellcat: the F6F in World War II. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1979. ISBN 0-87021-265-6.
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• 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.

Pautan luar

• WW2DB: F6F Hellcat
• How Leroy Grumman and Jake Swirbul built a high-flying company from the ground up
• Final flight test report of F6F-3, USN Air Station, Patuxent River (pdf file)
• F6F Hellcat Performance Trials, Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE), Boscombe Down
• Performance test, each 1,00th aircraft; F6F-5 No 58310, USN Air Station, Patuxent River (pdf file)
• USN & USMC Aircraft Serial and Bureau Nos. 1911 to present
• "How The Hellcat Got That Way" , December 1943, Popular Science World War Two article which is large and surprisingly detailed

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