F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War (Osprey Combat Aircraft 7) - Softcover

Mersky, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855327244 ISBN 13: 9781855327245

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

Osprey's study of the role played by F-8 Crusader Units in the Vietnam War (1955-1975). 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.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Osprey's Combat series combines the best archival photography available with specially commissioned artworks and first hand accounts, making these books favourites amongst historians, modellers and aviation enthusiasts everywhere.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1855327244
• ISBN 13: 9781855327245
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116
• Illustrator: Tullis Tom