"Pjmac35" wrote in message
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The Royal Navy operated Hellcat Is which were equivalent to the F6F-3, and
Hellcat IIs, equivalent to the F6F-5, of which this aircraft is one. The
Royal Navy never used the US designations. As this A/C was built for the
Royal Navy contract it never was an F-6 of any stripe.


Every Hellcat operated by the Royal Navy was an F6F. The F-6 was named
Skyray.