Today, when people look back at the Pacific theatre, there are two American fighter aircraft which are often remembered together . Those are; the Vought F4U Corsair, and the Grumman F6F Hellcat.

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...

His Corsair had gone down over Rabaul in the very fight that put him at the top. Over New Britain, U.S. fighter pilots saw their squadron leader, 23-year-old Army Major Edward Cragg Jr. (TIME ...