Continuing the en masse warbird flying displays of the Planes of Fame Airshow 2015 were aircraft that flew in the Pacific Theatre of World War Two. These included a Douglas SBD Dauntless, Grumman F4F Wildcat, Grumman TBM Avenger, Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero and North American B-25 Mitchell. Former fighters of the US Navy naturally dominated the flying displays including two of the greatest fighters of World War Two, the Grumman F6F Hellcat and Vought F4U Corsair which together decimated Imperial Japanese Navy and Army aircraft in the Pacific Theatre (5,163 air victories to the Hellcat which was 56% of all US Navy/Marine Corps air victories of the war and 2,140 to the Corsair).










I’ve never noticed how similar the Hellcat and Wildcat were, the Hellcat looks to have a larger engine (longer nose) and slightly taller fin. We renamed the wildcat the Martlet. Great photos!
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Thanks. I have seen some nice old photos of Fleet Air Arm Martlets. One tough little bird!
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Yes the Hellcat could easily have been called the Wildcat II!
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Great to see the ol’ gals still flying!!!
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That’s for sure! Another great day
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