Hellcat Ace – “Mac” McWhorter splashes Zeros

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Retired Cdr. Hamilton “Mac” McWhorter III was one of the Navy’s great World War II fighter pilots—a hero who inspired many. During our interviews, Mac told of flying and fighting in the tough, robust F6F Hellcat. These are his words: Deadly dogfight Imagine you’re in a metal shed and someone throws rocks against the outside. That’s what it sounded like when machine-gun fire ripped into my Hellcat. I looked around, and sure enough, a pair...

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