In recognition of the 68th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, today’s Movie Monday is another installment of the show Dogfights. This episode explores the development and deployment of the US Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat as a response to the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero and the battles that ensued in the Pacific Theater of Operations. The A6M was one of three aircraft that made up the assault on Pearl Harbor along with the Nakajima B5N and Aichi D3A.
Parts two through five after the jump.
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