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Erickson Aircraft: Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat (photo diary)

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by Ojibwa for Kossack Air Force

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Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 at 7:20:12am PST

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The Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat is a World War II American carrier-based fighter. It was designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero. During the second half of World War II, the Hellcat was the dominant fighter in the Pacific. The Hellcat on display in the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon is a night fighter version which was delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1945 and was not used in combat. It the 1950s it was declared surplus.

The Hellcat has a maximum speed of 391 mph and a combat range of 945 miles.

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