Lt. Ralph DuPont, a World War II F6F-5 Hellcat Pilot, went missing during the Battle of Formosa in 1944. It took 80 years to ...
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The F6F Hellcat Downed More than 5,000 Japanese Warplanes in World War II
The Hellcat’s forgiving flight characteristics and durability allowed less experienced pilots to survive early engagements and gain greater experience against the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
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The Fat Beast Unleashed on the Pacific
On June 19, 1944, US Navy and Imperial Japanese forces were engulfed in a series of brutal crashes where the smoke of battery salvos filled the ambiance, and the sky was the playground of carrier ...
After 80 years, Indiana native Ensign Delbert Martin, who died in aerial combat over modern-day Micronesia, will be interred ...
Ensign Eugene E. Mandeberg, a 23-year-old U.S. Navy Reserve pilot from Detroit, who was killed during World War II, has been officially accounted for.
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