F6F Hellcat Grumman CUSTOM BUILT AIRPLANE MODELS but a month later -

but a month later - on 26 June1942 - it was re-engined with a 2000hp Pratt and Whitney R-2800 (the birth of the F6F therefore coinciding almost exactly with the great carrier Battle of Midway

Wingspan 17 inches

Wingspan 16 inches

Length 13 3/4 inches

propeller-driven

F6F Hellcat Grumman CUSTOM BUILT AIRPLANE MODELS but a month later -F6F Hellcat airplane model. The Grumman F6F Hellcat was ordered for the US Navy after the initial shock of Allied contact with superior Japanese fighters, particularly the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, during the first few months of the Pacific War. As a result of this experience of combat against higher performance machines the Hellcat's specification required the most powerful engine available. The prototype X6F 1, a progression from the F4F Wildcat which