F6F Hellcats warming up on the deck of USS Lexington CV-16, en route near New Guinea, early April 1944

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Heritage Flight

The Hellcat and Bearcat were the first two aircraft models flown by the Blue Angels, shortly after the team’s inception in 1946.

Six Seven Eight. Oshkosh 2022

Chasseur Grumman F6F Hellcat aux couleurs japonaises retrouvé par un marine du Marine Aircraft Group 31 – Base aérienne navale de Yokosuka – Guerre du Pacifique – Japon – 8 septembre 1945

Photographe : Sergent C. R. McDade

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Le Marine Air Group 31 a décollé d'Okinawa pour occuper la base aérienne de Yokosuka après la capitulation du Japon.

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats on the USS Belleau Wood off Gilbert Islands.

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Cutaway of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.

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Wayne Morris

Born Bert DeWayne Morris Jr. was an actor and World War II hero. February 17, 1914 - September 14, 1959

During the filming of Flight Angels (1940), Wayne became interested in flying and became a pilot. With war looming, he put his career on hold and joined the Naval Reserve as a flier in 1942. He was assigned to the carrier Essex as an F6F fighter pilot. He became an ace shooting down seven Japanese aircraft. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander and was awarded four Distinguished Flying Crosses and two Air Medals. Unfortunately, his four year absence from Hollywood hurt his career. After the war, he was regulated to B Westerns and guest appearances in television serials. In 1957, he was cast as Lt Roget in Paths of Glory (1957). Morris turned in an outstanding performance, possibly reviving his waning career. During a visit to the carrier Bon Homme Richard carrier in San Francisco Bay, Morris suffered a massive heart attack and was transported to the Oakland Naval Hospital where he died. He was 45 years old. He is buried at Arlington Nation Cemetery. His brother, Richard, a B-17 pilot shot down during WWII, is also buried at Arlington.

US Navy pilots walking toward their Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats aboard the carrier USS Saratoga, 1943.

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Lt. Alexander Vraciu with his F6F on the deck of USS Lexington (CV-16), July 1944

Hellcat departure. Oshkosh 2022.

Chasseurs Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat sur le pont d'envol du porte-avions USS Yorktown (CV-10) – Ile Marcus – Japon – 1943-1944

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Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat (VF-15) USS Essex.

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