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F6F Hellcat intro by Jan Zdiarský
There are few aircraft types that took part in combat during World War Two, that can be described with such one sided outcomes in termsof kill : loss ratio as the Hellcat. Representing the middle of the Grumman Cat lineage, the Hellcat was a unique type right from its beginnings. Successof its older brother, the Wildcat, which carried on its shoulders the bulk of the strain of the Pacific air war in 1942, prompted the US Navy to giveGrumman free reign over the independent development of a new fighter. This type was to act as insurance in the event the concept of the F4U Corsairturned out unsuccessful. Grumman designers set forth with the design, with emphasis on ease of manufacture, performance and suitability for carrierops.
On the 30th of June, 1941, as Corsair production was initiating, the Navy signed an order for two prototype XF6F-1s, and a star was born. Originalexpectations centered around development of the proven F4F Wildcat, which was to be dominated by installation of more powerful engines. As such,this eventually evolved into a new fighter altogether. The US Navy also had accumulated combat experience, and was able to incorporate pilotsuggestions into the design. The Hellcat was some 60% heavier than the Wildcat, was more heavily armed, had a more powerful engine, was moreheavily armored, carried more fuel and was generally of a more robust construction. The first prototype took to the air on June 26th, 1942, and byJanuary, 1943 equipped the first Navy unit, VF-9, on the deck of the USS Essex.
The new type was called Hellcat. The name not only suggested the place to which her enemies would be sent, but was also a play on words. Theterm in the old west referred to barroom brawlers, and that was what the Navy wanted: a tough fighter with hard fists, that could absorb punishment andhad stamina. The Hellcat line didn't result in the most elegant of fighters. It was, after all, over twice as heavy as its main adversary, the JapaneseA6MZero. But elegance certainly doesn't play a pivotal role in terms of the potential survival of the pilot. It was a fighter first and foremost in every sense ofthe word, designed around the requirements of the pilot to fulfill the combat mission for which it was designed and he was trained. The initial version,F6F-3, was supplanted by the dash five, which modified the canopy, cowl, bombracks and droptanks.
The first combat engagement of the enemy occurred on September 1st, 1943, when an Emily was flamed by the half inch guns of two Hellcats.Their advantage over Japanese fighters was well demonstrated on February 16th, 1944, when, in the vicinity of Truk, over 100 fighters were claimedin the air and over 150 on the ground for the loss of four aircraft. Five days later, in the Marianas, a further 160 enemy aircraft were destroyed in the airand on the ground Often one sided combat was documented in the battle for the Philippine Sea that culminated on June 19th, 1944 in the nowlegendary 'Great Marianas Turkey Shoot', where Hellcat pilots claimed some 350 enemy aircraft destroyed. A further turkey hunt took place betweenOctober 12th and 14th, 1944 over Formosa, seeing the destruction, at the hands of Hellcat pilots, of 300 enemy aircraft for the loss of 27.
In October, 1944, the Japanese began to escalate night attacks, bringing on a requirement for night fighters to counter them.USAAF P-61s were too far off. Night fighting variants of the Hellcat were introduced in the form of the and , equipped with radar.This new role for the Hellcat first appeared at the end of fall, 1944 during the intensification of kamikaze attacks, that required the interceptionof unorthodox attacks by aircraft that avoided air to air combat. Other major combat was seen over the Japanese islands over the first half of 1945.
Although the Hellcat was progressively replaced by its stablemate F4U Corsair, it served in the combat role up to the end of the war.Under the designation Hellcat F Mk 1 and II, several hundred served with the Royal Navy, notably in the Atlantic covering convoys, and also in the FarEast.
According to statistics, there were 12275 Hellcats of all versions made. For the loss of 270 of these, Hellcat pilots claimed 5156 kills.That accounts for over half of USN and USMC victories. The Hellcat also became the most successful carrier based fighter in the Pacificin under two years of ops.
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Lumbering, awkward at first glance, lacking in elegance, barroom brawler – wild, tough, a fearless hulk, able to cleara saloon before turning three times…..that was the Hellcat in the skies over the Pacific.
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Profiles artwork by Petr Štěpánek, profiles description by Martin Ferkl
VMF(N)-541, Falalop island, Ulithi Atoll, May 1945
Pin-up girls were not common on ai craft of the US Marine Corps. Exceptions existed on aircraft used by VMF(N)-541. This Marine Corps unit was equippedwith Hellcat nightfighters and fougt against Japanese air forces over Palau Islands and the Philippines. From May 30, 1945 on, the airfield at Falalop islandbecame the new unit´s home. From this airbase, the unit flew patrol missions over the US Navy‘s forward base at UlithiAtoll. VMF(N)-541 aircraft were adornedwith the combat name 'Bat Eye', despite the fact that bats don´t use their eyes for night flying.
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USS Enterprise (CV-6) was damaged by two Kamikaze aircraft that hit water inches away from her hull onApril 11, 1945. She carried CAG(N)-90 on her deck at that time.VF(N)-90, equipped with nightfighter Hellcats, was a part of this carrier air group. F6F-5N Hellcat 'White 24' rested on the fligh deck at the time of the suicide attack andwas damaged by flames. White arrow on the tail was carried by Big E aircraft from January 27, 1945 to July 27, 1945.VF(N)-90´s first combat occured on January 6, 1945. By May 14, 1945, when Big E was hit and badly damaged by Kamikazes yet again, the squadron downed 36Japanese aircraft.After this date, Enterprise was forced to leave the combat zone and sail to the east for repairs.
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Dne 11. dubna 1945 byla letadlové loď USS Enterprise (CV-6) zasažena výbuchy dvou japonských sebevražedných strojů. V té době nesla na palubě také nočníleteckou skupinu CAG(N)-90. Její součástí byla i noční stíhací VF(N)-90. Hellcat „24“ byl během útoku Kamikaze zasažen plameny.Bílá šipka na ocasní ploše a křídle identifikuje letadla vzlétající z paluby Enterprise. Používána byla v období od 27. ledna 1945 do 27. července 1945.První bojové střetnutí prodělali letci VF(N)-90 dne 6. ledna 1945. Z paluby Enterprise působila tato jednotka až do 14. května 1945, kdy byla Big E opět zasaženaKamikaze a rozsáhlá poškození ji donutila odplout k opravám. Během této doby sestřelila 36 letadel
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B 'Butch', VMF-511, USS Block Island, April 1945
The first aircraft carrier to have a US Marine Corps nightfighter unit assigned to it was USS Block Island (CVE-106). VMF-511 embarked on Block Island in March, 1945,and was a mixed group of eight Corsairs, two photorecce F6F-5P Hellcats and eight F6F-5N Hellcat nightfighters. The squadron joined the battle for Okinawa on May 10,1945 and was consequently sent to the eastern coast of Borneo to support landing operations at Balikpapan. The first and only success came on July 3, 1945 when1stLt. Bruce Reuter shoot down an E13A„Jake“ floatplane. The Hellcat nicknamed 'Butch' was one of eight VMF-511 nightfigher Hellcats aboard Block Island. The Whiteblock with Blue 'I' is a carrier indentification symbol, while the small Blue 'M' signifies the USMC. Black „I“ and „M“ are mentioned as Glossy Sea Blue in some sources.
První letadlovou lodí, která měla na palubě noční stíhací jednotku námořní pěchoty, se stala USS Block Island (CVE-106). Privilegovaným útvarem byla VMF-511,jejíž výzbroj tvořilo osm Corsairů, dva fotoprůzkumné Hellcaty a osm nočních stíhacích Hellcatů. Do bojů se zapojila 10. května 1945 u Okinawy, následně bylaodeslána k podpoře vylodění v Balikpapanu na Borneu. Zde také dosáhla svého jediného sestřelu, když 1Lt. Bruce Reuter 3. července sestřelil plovákový E13A„Jake“.Jedním z osmi F6F-5N vzlétajících z paluby Block Islandu, byl stroj nesoucí jméno „Butch“. Bílý obdélník s černým „I“ byl symbolem strojů patřících na palubu BlockIslandu. Malé černé „M“ značí stroj námořní pěchoty. Některé prameny uvádějí barvu písmen „I“ a „M“ na SOPjako Glossy Sea Blue.
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C VMF(N)-541, Falalop island, Ulithi Atoll, May 1945
Pin-up girls were not common on aircraft of the US Marine Corps. Exceptions existed on aircraft used by VMF(N)-541. This Marine Corps unit was equipped with Hellcatnightfighters and fougt against Japanese air forces over Palau Islands and the Philippines. From May 30, 1945 on, the airfield at Falalop island became the new unit´shome. From this airbase, the unit flew patrol missions over the US Navy‘s forward base at UlithiAtoll. VMF(N)-541 aircraft were adorned with the combat name 'Bat Eye',despite the fact that bats don´t use their eyes for night flying.
Pin-up girls, tedy malůvky spoře oděných slečen a dam, se na letadlech ve stavu americké námořní pěchoty objevovaly velmi výjimečně. Jednou z mála jednotek, kterátuto praxi zdobení letounů tolerovala, byla VMF(N)-541. Tato jednotka, vyzbrojená nočními Hellcaty, prošla boji na souostroví Palau, zúčastnila se bojů na Filipínách,aby se v polovině ledna 1945 vrátila zpět na Peleliu (část Palau). V té době se pyšnila 23 sestřelenými stroji nepřítele. Od 30. května 1945 se jejím domovem stalo letištěna ostrově Falalop, odkud se podílela na obraně kotviště v atolu Ulithi fungujícího jako předsunutá základna pro plavidla amerického námořnictva. VMF(N)-541 neslabojové jméno Bat Eye, tedy Netopýří oko, i přesto, že netopýři k nočnímu lovu oči vůbec nepoužívají.
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D BuNo. 72627 (?72827?), VMF(N)-533, Ie Shima, May 1945
VMF(N)-533 became one of the most successful Marine Corps squadrons as its pilots downed 35 enemy aircraft in the period from April to August 1945. 'Little Nance'belonged to this squadron and was photographed on Ie Shima island in May 1945.Lt.Col. Marion Magruder, CO of VMF(N)-533, served in the Royal Air Force for a short period but learned a lot while flying the Bristol Beaufighter at that time. Magruder,nicknamed 'Black Mac', achieved one kill during WWII, shooting down a Betty bomber on June 22, 1945. Another famous pilot within VMF(N)-533 was Capt. RobertBaird, who is the only nightfighter and Hellcat WWII ace serving with the Marine Corps. He shot down six Japanese aircraft in June and July, 1945. The squadron'scombat name was 'Crystal Gazers', and its aircraft carried black codes instead of the common white ones.
VMF(N)-533 se stala jednou z nejúspěšnějších jednotek amerického námořního letectva, když v období od dubna do srpna 1945 sestřelila celkem 35 nepřátelskýchletadel.„Little Nance“ byla jedním z jejích strojů, které používala během svého působení na ostrově Ie Shima. Jednotce velel LtCol. Marion Magruder, veterán se zkušenostmiv RoyalAir Force, jenž přispěl k celkovému skóre jednotky jedním sestřeleným bombardérem Betty v noci 22. června 1945.V řadách VMF(N)-533 se zrodilo také jediné noční stíhací eso námořní pěchoty. Stal se jím Capt. Robert Baird se šesti sestřely. VMF(N)-533, nesoucí bojové jméno„Crystal Gazers“, používala na rozdíl od ostatních jednotek USMC černé trupové označení letadel.
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E BuNo. 78669, Maj. Bruce Porter, CO of VMF(N)-542, Yontan airfield, Okinawa, May 1945
Hellcat BuNo. 78669 was the personal mount of five kill ace Maj. Bruce Porter, Commanding Officer of VMF(N)-542. He inherited this F6F-5N from his predecessor.The Hellcat carried a big red heart and the white name 'Millie Lou' on the nose. Porter ordered his ground crew to overpaint it immediately after his arrival and a big bottleof Schenley´s whiskey and ‚Black Death‘ in white appeared in its place. Porter downed three Zeros in June/July 1943 over the Solomons while serving with VMF-121.On June 15, 1945 he added two more to his tally, shooting down a Kawasaki Ki-45 'Nick' heavy fighter and a 'Betty' bomber carrying an Ohka suicide rocket plane.
Major Bruce Porter, eso s pěti sestřely na kontě, používal Hellcat BuNo. 78669 jako svůj osobní stroj. Zdědil jej po svém předchůdci na postu velitele VMF(N)-542 a ještěv den svého nástupu do funkce, 23. května 1945, nechal přestříkat stávající kresbu na přídi představující velké červené srdce a bílým nápisem Millie Lou. Místo ní se napravé straně motorového krytu objevila láhev bourbonu Schenley a nápis Black Death. Porter dosáhl svých prvních sestřelů ještě jako pilot Corsairu v červnu a červenci1943 u VMF-121, kdy si v bojích nad Šalamounovými ostrovy připsal tři vítězství. Zbylé dva sestřely, které mu daly možnost zařadit se mezi stíhací esa, dosáhl 15.června 1945 právě v kokpitu tohoto Hellcatu. Nárokoval sestřelení dvoumotorové stíhačky Kawasaki Ki-45 „Nick“ a bombardéru „Betty“ s podvěšenou sebevražednouÓkou, k boji došlo u pobřeží Okinawy. Malé vlaječky symbolizující sestřely se nacházely pouze na levé straně trupu pod kabinou.
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