Talk:F6F-3/@comment-115.65.58.153-20161229205029/@comment-62.178.120.164-20161231013147

@OP

The difference between Japanese and US rookies is also slightly different as the latter where trained by former aces. Moreover the first few Hellcats where partly piloted by Navy flight instructors who were at least one was dumbfounded when they first saw the Zero's singature maneuver - especially since the Hellcat could, in contrast to the wildcat, take the climb and didn't stall - made the Zeros maneuver pretty much useless and the guy thought he was fighting a total rookie instead of an Ace, who the Pilot actually was. You can hear that account from him in a pacifc war documentation.