F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War
by Mersky, Peter
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 1855327244
- ISBN 13
- 9781855327245
- Seller
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Forestdale, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Osprey Pub Co, 1998. New book, 96 pages, 118 photos, 33 color profiles, 6 color uniform illustrations, 10 1/72 scale drawings. COM07. 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. Contents: First Engagement; Setting Things Up; Making a War; Action in the Tonkin Gulf; War Begins in Ernest; MiG Killers; Assessing the Enemy; Beyond the MiGs; 'Leatherneck' Crusaders, 1965-68; Final Word.. Soft Cover. As New. Illus. by Tullis, Tom. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Viceroy Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002520
- Title
- F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War
- Author
- Mersky, Peter
- Illustrator
- Tullis, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- ISBN 10
- 1855327244
- ISBN 13
- 9781855327245
- Publisher
- Osprey Pub Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- F-8 F8 CRUSADER UNIT VIETNAM WAR AIRCRAFT USN NAVY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vietnam War Aircraft;
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