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Description
| Manufacturer: | Grumman | |
| Base model: | F6F | |
| Designation: | F6F | |
| Version: | -3N | |
| Nickname: | Hellcat | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | |
| Designation Period: | 1922-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Fighter | |
| Modified Mission: | Night fighter | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Dean R. DeWitt , NY | I flew the Hellcat in WWII and was a night fighter pilot and trained at Charlestown, RI Naval Air Station with VF(N)78 from Feb. '44 to June '44 and flew F6F-3N's and 5N's. The 5 was better for night fighters because of the paint job and because the radar was ,I believe, factory installed. We flew F6F-3's to the Marine station in NC where they installed the bulb and radar in 2 days. They were both excellent carrier planes. They were rugged and reliable and brought me home shot up several times. 12/11/2007 @ 11:33 [ref: 18884] |
| Robert Jeska Plainwell,, MI | I was an Electronic Technicians Mate at Charlestown R.I. in 1944. Charlestown N.A.S. was a nightfighter training station and we had F6F-3N Hellcats when I first got there. The 3N used an AIA radar which had a wave guide out to the antenna on the wing. This meant that the wave guide had to separate at the fold and return to exact alignment when the wing was spread. This was an impossible requirement and our planes were soon replaced with the 5N which used the APS-6 radar and had a cable to the antenna.
Does anyone know what happened to all the 3N versions? 01/04/2006 @ 13:38 [ref: 12084] |
