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F9F Panther Units of the Korean War (Paperback)
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F9F Panther Units of the Korean War (Paperback)
Series: Combat Aircraft
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Loot Price R519
Discovery Miles 5 190
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In 1948 the USAF, Marine Corps and US Navy were concentrating on
converting over to an all-jet force. When the Korean War started in
June 1950, the USAF had built up a sizable jet force in the Far
East, while the US Navy was in the early stages of getting F9F
Panthers operational as replacements for its piston-engined F8F
Bearcats. At about this time, the Marine Corps had also begun using
the Panthers in limited numbers. Operating from aircraft carriers
off the Korean coast, F9Fs helped stop the North Korean invasion
within two weeks of the communists crossing the 38th Parallel. The
Panthers, escorting carrier-based AD Skyraiders and F4U Corsairs,
penetrated as far north as Pyongyang, where they bombed and strafed
targets that the North Koreans thought were out of range. The
Panthers also took the battle all the way to the Yalu River, long
before the MiG-15s became a threat. The F9F's basic tasking was
aerial supremacy and combat air patrols, but they also excelled in
bombing and strafing attacks.
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