F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War EPUB
by Peter Mersky
Illustrated by Tom Tullis, Iain Wyllie, Mike Chappell, Mark Styling
Part of the Combat Aircraft series
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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.
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- Pages:116 pages, 100 b/w; 40 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:20/11/2012
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- ISBN:9781782006527
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:116 pages, 100 b/w; 40 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:20/11/2012
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- ISBN:9781782006527
