Peter Mersky

F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War (eBook, PDF)

Illustrator: Tullis, Tom; Styling, Mark; Chappell, Mike; Wyllie, Iain

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Known to its pilots as the 'last of the gunfighters' due to its quartet of Colt-Browning Mk 12 20 mm cannon, the F-8 Crusader was numerically the most populous fighter in the US Navy at the start of America's involvement in the Vietnam conflict in 1964 - some 482 F-8C/D/Es equipped 17 frontline units. It enjoyed great success against North Vietnamese Mig-17s and Mig-21s during the Rolling Thunder campaign of 1965-68, officially downing 18 jets, which represented 53 per cent of all Mig claims lodged by Navy squadrons during this period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782007166
• Artikelnr.: 38349937

Autorenporträt

Peter Mersky is a retired Navy Commander with 23 years service on active duty and in the reserves. He has flown in many of the aircraft he has written about, including the A-7, and was a writer then the editor of Approach, the Navy and Marine Corps aviation safety magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

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