MAKE A MEME View Large Image Grumman XF6F-2 Hellcat.jpg A U S Navy Grumman XF6F-2 Hellcat fighter in 1943 The F6F-2 was a turbo-charged version that was part of the original F6F contract The XF6F-2 first flew in 1943 and had a Wright R-2600-6 engine combined with a ...
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Keywords: Grumman XF6F-2 Hellcat.jpg A U S Navy Grumman XF6F-2 Hellcat fighter in 1943 The F6F-2 was a turbo-charged version that was part of the original F6F contract The XF6F-2 first flew in 1943 and had a Wright R-2600-6 engine combined with a Birmann turbo-supercharger As the performance was not satisfactory the engine was replaced by a Pratt Whitney R-2800-21 The re-engined XF6F-2 first flew on 7 January 1944 but the performance was still not much improved The project was abandoned and the XF6F-2 was rebuilt as a F6F-3 U S Navy Naval Aviation News September/October 1988 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1980s/1988/so88 pdf 1943 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat
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