It was used on the Intrepid, along with other Long Island-built aircraft, such as the Grumman Avenger Torpedo bomber, also on display at the museum, and the elusive Grumman Hellcat fighter planes ...

While the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was the heaviest single-engine fighter plane of the war ... The Grumman F6F Hellcat could be ranked among the top aircrafts; however, it was introduced late ...

For the company’s fourth Navy fighter, sandwiched between the successful F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat, Grumman engineers ... “The name ‘Grumman’ on a plane or part has the same meaning ...