F-51 Mustang Units of the Korean War (e-bog) af Warren Thompson, Thompson

F-51 Mustang Units of the Korean War e-bog

139,13 DKK (inkl. moms 173,91 DKK)
By the time the Korean War erupted, the F-51 Mustang was seen as obsolete, but that view quickly changed when the USAF rushed 145 of them to the theatre in late 1950. They had the endurance to attack targets in Korea from bases in Japan, where the modern F-86 fighters and other jets did not. Rather than the interceptor and escort fighter roles the Mustang had performed during World War 2, in th...
E-bog 139,13 DKK
Forfattere Warren Thompson, Thompson (forfatter), Gareth Hector, Hector (illustrator)
Udgivet 20 december 2015
Længde 96 sider
Genrer HBJF
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781472808684
By the time the Korean War erupted, the F-51 Mustang was seen as obsolete, but that view quickly changed when the USAF rushed 145 of them to the theatre in late 1950. They had the endurance to attack targets in Korea from bases in Japan, where the modern F-86 fighters and other jets did not. Rather than the interceptor and escort fighter roles the Mustang had performed during World War 2, in the Korean War they were assigned to ground attack missions striking at communist troop columns advancing south. This is the chronicle of the Mustang units that fought in the Korean War, detailing the type's involvement in a series of intense actions, its successes and its considerable losses. Drawing on meticulous research and gripping first-hand accounts from aircrew, this book explains how the faithful Mustang was able to roll back the years, fight, and prove itself in a new era of aerial warfare.