PACIFIC AIR WARRIORS

it's the aircraft that swept the South Pacific in World War two the Hellcat may have been the Navy's single biggest contribution to victory in the Pacific it renewed hope in America's Navy Hellcat is arguably one most successful fighters America ever built and made hundreds of pilots fighting aces it was unbelievable what you could do in the airplane this is the inside story of how power and innovation changed the future of Naval Aviation the Navy recognizes that they will need the much better plan and created a legendary aircraft even today the Hellcat still is a superlative fighter airplane meet the Navy's fiercest feline in the skies the Hellcat is a beast it showed the world what victory looks like and it didn't need nine lives to do it [Music] October 1944 the South Pacific World War two rages on the United States attacks the Philippine island of Leyte cutting off Japanese access t