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Description 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.
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Source U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News September/October 1988 [1]
Author USN

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current10:09, 14 August 2009Thumbnail for version as of 10:09, 14 August 2009451 × 226 (17 KB)Cobatfor== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Grumman XF6F-2 ''Hellcat'' fighter in 1943. |Source=U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News September/October 1988 [http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1980s/1988/so88.pdf] |Date=1943 |Author=USN

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