Though it fly with the wings of angels, a combat aircraft is no demonstrable good until it has met and passed the final test of battle. Last week the U.S. had a glow ing report on the first combat performance of its newest fighter plane, the Navy's Grumman Hellcat (F6F). It also got a well-documented secondary report on the Vought Corsair (F4U), already one of the hottest things in the Pacific air.
> In the Wake Island raid Oct. 5 and 6, carrier-borne Hellcats shot 30 Japanese Zeros out of the air, nailed another 31 to the ground with merciless...
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