Fleet HELLCATS

The Royal Navy used Grumman Hellcats to strike at Japanese targets in 1945. Simon Gifford looks back at some of the final actions in World War Two Hellcats from 896 Squadron carry out a flypast while the squadron was working up in South Africa All viaauthor On July 19, 1945, the escort carriers HMSEmpressandAmeerset sail from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to provide air cover for an operation off the coast of Thailand. In company with the battleship Nelson, heavy cruiser