Ace Alexander Vraciu aboard USS Lexington (CV-16)

Ace Alexander Vraciu by scoreboard on his Hellcat

Ace David McCampbell on Hellcat aboard USS Essex

Ace Donald "Flash" Gordon of VF-10 in his F6F 1944

Ace Fred Ackerman of VF-80

Ace James Bryce of VF-22 on wing of his F6F 1945

Armorer loading ammunition into a F6F Hellcat USS Enterprise 1944

British Hellcat JZ935 White 145

British Hellcat, USA 1943

Burning F6F-3 BuNo 66101 of VF-25 USS Cowpens, 24 November 1943

Burning F6F-3 BuNo 66101 of VF-25 USS Cowpens, pilot Lt Alfred W. Magee 24 November 1943

Captured F6F-5 BuNo 71441, Yokosuka Airfield, Japan 1945

Cmdr James H. Flatley as Commander CAG 5 flies F6F-3 "00" en route to strike Marcus Island

Crashed F6F-3 30 of VF-2, USS Enterprise 10 November 1943, pilot Ens Byron M. Johnson

Crashed F6F-5 "D15" of VF-40 aboard USS Suwanee (CVE-27)

Crew plays football aboard carrier in Central Pacific 1944

Early F6F-3 Hellcat 10 September 1943

F6F Betio Island November 25, 1943

F6F C10 in flight

F6F of 3rd Fleet strafes Japanese freighter near Fukuya Wan 45

F6F of VF-33 explodes as wing hits Island of USS Sangamon (CVE-26)

F6F-3 "F20" of VF-39 USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) February 1944

F6F-3 "White 40" prepared to take off from USS Yorktown (CV-10) June 1944

F6F-3 #F29 of VF-39 takes off from USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) February 1944

F6F-3 2-F-7 BuNo 25974 of VF-2 USS Charger August 1943

F6F-3 30 of VF-2, USS Enterprise 10 November 1943, pilot Ens Byron M. Johnson

F6F-3 code 8-F-14 of VF-8 aboard USS Intrepid (CV-11) 1943 2

F6F-3 code M32 of VF-20 NAS Melbourne 1944

F6F-3 Hellcat "L9" from training unit 9 September 1943

F6F-3 Hellcat "White 24" aboard USS Lexington November 1943

F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-31 USS Cabot (CVL-28)

F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-6 traps aboard USS Intrepid 1 February 1944

F6F-3 Hellcats in color

F6F-3 hoisted on board carrier November 1943

F6F-3 K9 USS Yorktown 1943-44

F6F-3 May 1943

F6F-3 of VF-15 approach for recovery on board the USS Charger December 1943

F6F-3 of VF-16 launching from the deck of USS Lexington 23 November 1943

F6F-3 of VF-39 landing on the USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) February 1944 2

F6F-3 Solomon Islands in late 1943

F6F-3 starting to taxi into position for take-off USS Saratoga 20 November 1943

F6F-3 training unit 1943

F6F-3 USS Yorktown November 1943

F6F-3 with belly tank on deck of USS Yorktown (CV-10), October 1943

F6F-3N "White 319" on the deck of USS Solomons (CVE-67)

F6F-3P "K16" of VF-17 1945

F6F-3s and SB2C USS Intrepid 1943 3

F6F-5 "White 24" of the VF-23 crashed on the deck of USS Langley (CVL-27) 1945

F6F-5 "White 35" of VF-17 taxiing on the flight deck of the USS Hornet (CV-12) 1945

F6F-5 125, 1945

F6F-5 and SB2C USS Randolph 14 August 1945

F6F-5 Hellcat "white 24" of the VF-23 USS Langley 1945

F6F-5 Hellcat crashed on deck of USS Takanis Bay (CVE-89), 18 March 1945

F6F-5 Hellcat ready for take off USS Siboney (CVE-112) 1945

F6F-5 of VF-75 over Atlantic City NJ

F6F-5 of VF-83 traps on board the carrier USS Essex 1945

F6F-5N #18 of VF(N)-41 aboard USS Independence 10 October 1944

F6F-5P "P3" of CASU-27 in flight 1945

F6F-5P "P3" of VF-75 1945

F6F-5s Hellcat of VF-75 in flight

F6F-5s of VF-27 USS Independence (CVL-22), Pacific July 1945

F6Fs and Seafires packed tightly in hangar deck off Saskishima Gunto 24 April 1945

F6Fs in flight over NAS Sand Point September 1943

F6Fs onboard USS Yorktown (CV-10) 1943

Female Grumann test pilot Barbara Jayne in F6F

Flight operations on board the aircraft carrier USS Independence 1944. F6F-5N #5 of VF(N)-41

Ground Crewmen of MAG-24 commended by Gen Ralph Mitchell Bougainville 1944

Grumman F6F Hellcat 1943

Grumman F6F-3 "White 24" of VF-9, pilot Gene Valencia 1944

Grumman F6F-3 "White 6" USS Yorktown 1944

Grumman F6F-3 of VF-12 prepares to launch from the USS Saratoga

Grumman F6F-5 "White 33" of VF-29 USS Cabot

Grumman F6F-5 71079 VF-45 is on the ground at Atlantic City

Grumman F6F-5 landing on USS Siboney 1945

Grumman F6F-5 X109 USS San Jacinto 1944

Hellcat lands on carrier upon return from Marcus Island 1944

Hellcat launches from USS Monterey (CVL-26) June 1944

Hellcat ME-F-44 crash at NAS Opa Locka 2 December 1943

Hellcat of No 800 Squadron FAA on the deck of HMS Emperor in the Aegean Sea, 1944

Hellcats aboard USS Intrepid (CV-11) 1943

Hellcats and Avengers of CAG-5 on board the carrier USS Yorktown 1943

Hellcats from VF‑80 wait to take off from Ticonderoga on November 5, 1944

Hellcats of VF-16 USS Lexington 1944

Hellcats onboard USS Yorktown August 1944

Hellcats USS Langley 10 January 1945

Installing rockets on F6F-5 on board USS Essex (CV-9)

Jeep moving Hellcat on deck of USS Princeton (CVL-23) 1944

Loading rocket onto Hellcat Ordnance Test Station Harvey Field 1944

Lt Maseley in Hellcat BuNo 40090 ready to take off from USS Yorktown (CV-10) June 1944

Moving a damaged Hellcat USS Lexington 1943

Naval aviators rushing to their F6Fs for a raid on Tokyo, USS Hornet February 1945

Newly delivered Hellcats with red- bordered national marking,

Photo-reconnaissance F6F-5P with the camera equipment being fitted in the rear fuselage

Preparing for strike on Mili Atoll USS Lexington (CV-16) 1944

Ships of TF-58 and F6F-5 on deck of the USS Wasp 1945

US Pacific Fleet AA fire downs Japanese plane 1945

USS Caperton DD-650 coming alongside USS Enterprise (CV-6), January 1944

VF-6 pilots aboard USS Hancock

Wounded F6F pilot helped from plane after Kamikaze attack. USS Randolph (CV-15).