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Deliveries of the Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat began early in 1943, and operational use of the Hellcat began on August 31, 1943, when VF-5, flying from USS Yorktown (shown here), took part in an attack on Marcus Island in the Pacific. Carrier-based Hellcats we
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