TJ3 History The Brutal Reality of Flying the F6F Hellcat Posted: April 11, 2025 | Last updated: April 11, 2025 March 1945, over the Pacific - a new pilot takes off in an F6F Hellcat for his very ...

In late 1944, during the intense Battle of Leyte Gulf - the largest naval conflict of World War II - the USS Princeton was actively defending against waves of Japanese aircraft while her Hellcat ...