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Aircrew USN VF 13 ace Lt Nicholas James Smith III aboard CV 13 USS Franklin 1945 01

Aircrew USN VF 13 ace Lt Nicholas James Smith III aboard CV 13 USS Franklin 1945 01

  Grumman F6F Hellcat

Type: Fighter aircraft

Manufacturer: Grumman

Maiden flight: 26 June 1942

Introduced: 1943

Retired: 1954, USN

Primary users: United States Navy USN, United States Marine Corps USMC

Foreign users: Royal Navy RN, French Navy FN

Produced: 1942-1945

Total Number of F6F-3 and F6F-5 's built: 12,275

 

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