F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War

Peter Mersky (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

116 Seiten

1998
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-85532-724-5 (ISBN)

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Known by its pilots as the "last of the gunfighters" due to its four 20mm Colt cannons, the F-8 Crusader enjoyed much success against North Vietnamese MiG-17s and -21s in the late 1960s. This volume includes interviews with many F-8 pilots of this period as well as research on all 19 "MiG killer". USMC "mud-moving" units are also extensively covered. Thirty Crusader colour profiles are featured, plus photographs from US Navy Archives.

Peter Mersky is a former US Navy commander who won the highest naval award for journalism following the publication of this book and Combat Aircraft 12: RF-8 Crusader Units over Korea and Vietnam. He was the assistant editor, then editor, of Approach, the Navy and Marine Corps aviation safety magazine, for 16 years, and he has also reviewed more than 400 books on military aviation. Peter has now retired from service and is a full time aviation writer.

First Engagement
Setting Things Up
Making a War
Action in the Tonkin Gulf
War Begins in Ernest
MiG Killer
Assessing the Enemy
Beyond the MiGs
'Leatherneck' Crusaders, 1965-68
Final Word

Reihe/Serie	Combat Aircraft
Illustrationen	Tom Tullis, Iain Wyllie, Mike Chappell, Mark Styling
Zusatzinfo	100 b/w; 40 col
Sprache	englisch
Maße	184 x 248 mm
Gewicht	436 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-85532-724-4 / 1855327244
ISBN-13	978-1-85532-724-5 / 9781855327245
Zustand	Neuware