F-51 Mustang Units of the Korean War

F-51 Mustang Units of the Korean War
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9781472808684
ISBN-13 : 1472808681
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Book Synopsis F-51 Mustang Units of the Korean War by : Warren Thompson

Download or read book F-51 Mustang Units of the Korean War written by Warren Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-20 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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