Rick Burgess

AD Skyraider Units of the Korean War

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The Douglas AD Skyraider is considered the most effective naval aircraft of the Korean War despite the emergence of new jet fighters that captured public imagination. Built to replace the World War 2 workhorses like the Dauntless, Helldiver and Avenger diveand torpedo-bombers, the Skyraider operated numerous combat missions from carrier decks and from US Marine Corps land bases throughout the conflict. Drawing from personal interviews with AD pilots, the authors paint a harrowing picture of the deadly combat of this often forgotten air war as pilots took on Chinese and North Korean forces during daring night attacks and whilst outnumbered in… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Thompson, Warren / Laurier, Jim (Illustr.)

ISBN: 978-1-4728-1266-7
EAN: 9781472812667
Produktnummer: 19775000
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 96 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 47'920 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Abbildungen: 45 b/w; 55 col

Über den Autor

Rick Burgess is a retired naval flight officer who served in two patrol squadrons flying P-3 Orion patrol aircraft. Burgess, a former editor of Naval Aviation News and the current managing editor of Sea Power magazine, is the editor of two books on naval aviation and the author of numerous articles on naval aviation history and organisation.