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F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War (Osprey Combat Aircraft)

F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War (Osprey Combat Aircraft)

by PeterB.Mersky (Author)

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    Paperback 1998

    $22.88
Synopsis

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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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 96
 Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 15 Sep 1998
ISBN 10: 1855327244
ISBN 13: 9781855327245

Author Bio
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.