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Text and references copied from Hamilton McWhorter III to Grumman F6F Hellcat See former article's history a list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:20, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

First image is badly stretched[edit]

The image at the top of the page in the info box is badly stretched. Is there a way to adjust this? 152.130.7.65 (talk) 14:52, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It has already been fixed on Commons, if you purge the page it should be as it was. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 16:17, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

First shoot down with f6f hellcat, was on 1 sept 1943 off the Independence CLASS carrier USS Princeton by VF-6 pilot's Lt.Richard Loesch, and Ens.A.W. Nyquist. It was an H8k. Ens. Nyquist flew aircraft # 04909. If i knew how to id send you a picture of his log book entry for that day. E mail is marcnyquist742@gmail.com.[edit]

Just want to set the record straight. Barrett tillmans book " HELLCAT" describes the action, as i recall page 32. 66.189.252.4 (talk) 04:46, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]