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F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War

F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War

Peter Mersky
Barcode 9781855327245
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Release Date: 28/08/1998

Genre: Law & Politics
Sub-Genre: Military History
Illustrator: Tom Tullis, Iain Wyllie, Mike Chappell, Mark Styling
Label: Osprey Publishing
Series: Combat Aircraft
Contributors: Tom Tullis (Illustrated by), Iain Wyllie (Illustrated by), Mike Chappell (Illustrated by), Mark Styling (Illustrated by)
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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.
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.

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