Lt. Arthur Preston and his PT boat crews did whatever it took to save a downed Navy airman in the South Pacific.

A Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat flown by Ensign Paul Lindskog of VF-60 from the escort carrier Suwannee was hit by a 5-inch shell, but he managed to bail out unhurt in safer waters and was rescued.

Despite all the added upgrades and large body, the Hellcat is extremely fast. It can reach over 200 miles per hour, hitting 60 mph in just 3.6 seconds. That seems pretty fast for a car as big as ...