The F6F Hellcat Japan Had No Answer For — And It Wiped Out Their Entire Navy Air Force
The F6F Hellcat was the fighter Japan had no answer for — a 19-to-1 kill ratio that wiped out their entire navy air force over the Philippine Sea. On June 19, 1944, Japan launched four hundred carrier aircraft at the American fleet. Hellcat squadrons intercepted them over a hundred miles out. David