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F-8 Crusader - Vietnam 1963-73 (Paperback) Loot Price: R452
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F-8 Crusader - Vietnam 1963-73 (Paperback): Peter E. Davies

F-8 Crusader - Vietnam 1963-73 (Paperback)

Peter E. Davies; Illustrated by Jim Laurier, Gareth Hector

Series: Dogfight

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With specially commissioned artworks and dynamic combat ribbon diagrams, this volume reveals how the 'last of the gunfighters', as the F-8 was dubbed by its pilots, prevailed against the growing MiG threat of the Vietnamese People's Air Force. When the Vietnam War began, the F-8 was already firmly established as a fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. It entered combat as an escort for Alpha strike packages, braving the anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles alongside the A-4 Skyhawk bombers and meeting MiGs for the first time on 3 April 1965. Although the Crusader was nicknamed 'last of the gunfighters', its pilots employed 'secondary' AIM-9D Sidewinder missiles in all but one of their MiG kills, with guns also used as back-up in three. Its 20 mm guns were unreliable as they often jammed during strenuous manoeuvres, although they were responsible for damaging a number of MiGs. However, in combat the F-8 had the highest 'exchange ratio' (kills divided by losses) at six-to-one of any US combat aircraft involved in the Vietnam War. Through the copious use of first-hand accounts, highly detailed battlescene artwork, combat ribbon diagrams and armament views, Osprey's Vietnam air war specialist Peter E. Davies charts the successful career of the F-8 Crusader over Vietnam.

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Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Dogfight
Release date: July 2023
Authors: Peter E. Davies
Illustrators: Jim Laurier (Illustrator) • Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
Dimensions: 248 x 184 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 978-1-4728-5754-5
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
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Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Aerospace & aviation technology > Aviation skills / piloting
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Books > Humanities > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
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LSN: 1-4728-5754-2
Barcode: 9781472857545

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