How a crashed Japanese Zero in the Aleutians led directly to the F6F Hellcat's 19-to-1 kill ratio and the destruction of Japanese naval air power.
TaildraggerOn October 24, 1944, Commander David McCampbell and one wingman intercepted 60 Japanese aircraft over the Philippine Sea, producing the most lethal single aerial mission in U.S. naval history.
TaildraggerThe Grumman F6F Hellcat downed over 5,000 enemy aircraft in the Pacific with a 19-to-1 kill ratio, built to beat the Zero.
TaildraggerOn June 19, 1944, U.S. Hellcats destroyed roughly 350 Japanese aircraft over the Philippine Sea, ending Japanese naval air power for good.
TaildraggerHow Butch Voris and four combat-veteran Hellcat pilots created the Blue Angels in 1946 to save naval aviation.
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