Mustangs Over Korea

Author : Warren Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472808684

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F-51 Mustang Units of the Korean War by Warren Thompson Pdf

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.

Author : David R. McLaren
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89073206237

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Mustangs Over Korea by David R. McLaren Pdf

Mustangs Over Korea is a documentary history of one of the most famous fighters ever built during a historically almost unrecognized war. Flown by four air forces in support of the United Nations, the F-51 Mustang dropped more napalm and fired more rockets than any other aircraft during that conflict - and in the process suffered the highest number of losses. Told is the story of the bravery of the fighter-bomber pilots in the serious air-to-mud war against horrendous anti-aircraft fire, and also the first swirling air battles against the vaunted MiG-15.

Author : Warren Thompson
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1855329174

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F-51 Mustang Units over Korea by Warren Thompson Pdf

Illustrates all the users of the F-51/RF-51 Mustang during the Korean war in contempporary colour. Accompanying the photos in this volume are detailed captions, quotes from pilots in action and appendices listing the various units that served in Korea.

Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 076435938X

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P-51 Mustang, Vol. 2 by David Doyle Pdf

Even today, almost eighty years after its first flight, the North American P-51 Mustang remains one of the most famous and recognizable aircraft in the world. Nimble and fast, qualities that lead the Mustang to be used even today in air races, the aircraft was forged in battle. This, the second of two volumes on this iconic aircraft, explores the "bubbletop" versions that helped bring the war to the German and Japanese homelands. These Mustangs were widely used escorting Allied bombers deep into the enemy homeland. The story of this historic fighter is told through carefully researched archival photos, as well as photographs of preserved examples, illuminated through detailed captions, thereby illustrating not only the use of the late WWII Mustang, but also the details of its construction. Large, clear photos, coupled with descriptive and informative captions, put the reader on the airfield and in the sky with this historic aircraft.

Author : Jeffrey L. Ethell
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1992-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0879388188

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P-51 Mustang by Jeffrey L. Ethell Pdf

Recounts the history of the plane that was considered the best of the piston-engined fighters, and presents original period photographs of Mustangs in World War II, the Korean War, and later service.

Author : Robert Jackson
Publisher : Air World
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526759931

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North American Aviation P-51 Mustang by Robert Jackson Pdf

The North American P-51 Mustang was one of the most successful and effective fighter aircraft of all time. It was initially produced in response to a 1940 RAF requirement for a fast, heavily-armed fighter able to operate effectively at altitudes in excess of 20,000ft. North America built the prototype in 117 days, and the aircraft, designated NA-73X, flew on 26 October 1940. The first of 320 production Mustang Is for the RAF flew on 1 May 1941, powered by a 1,100hp Allison V-1710-39 engine. RAF test pilots soon found that with this powerplant the aircraft did not perform well at high altitude, but that its low-level performance was excellent. It was when the Mustang airframe was married to a Packard-built Rolls-Royce Merlin engine that the aircraft’s true excellence became apparent. Possessing a greater combat radius than any other Allied single-engine fighter, it became synonymous with the Allied victory in the air. During the last eighteen months of the war in Europe, escorting bomber formations, it hounded the Luftwaffe to destruction in the very heart of Germany. In the Pacific, operating from advance bases, it ranged over the Japanese Home Islands, joining carrier-borne fighters such as the Grumman Hellcat to bring the Allies massive air superiority. Yet the Mustang came about almost by accident, a product of the Royal Air Force’s urgent need for new combat aircraft in the dark days of 1940, when Britain, fighting for survival, turned to the United States for help in the island nation’s darkest hour.

Author : Warren Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472808677

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F-51 Mustang Units of the Korean War by Warren Thompson Pdf

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.

Author : Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472836069

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MiG Alley by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver Pdf

Following the end of the Korean War, the prevailing myth in the West was that of the absolute supremacy of US Air Force pilots and aircraft over their Soviet-supplied opponents. The claims of the 10:1 victory-loss ratio achieved by the US Air Force fighter pilots flying the North American F-86 Sabre against their communist adversaries, among other such fabrications, went unchallenged until the end of the Cold War, when Soviet records of the conflict were finally opened. Packed with first-hand accounts and covering the full range of US Air Force activities over Korea, MiG Alley brings the war vividly to life and the record is finally set straight on a number of popular fabrications. Thomas McKelvey Cleaver expertly threads together US and Russian sources to reveal the complete story of this bitter struggle in the Eastern skies.

Author : Ray Wagner
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781588344281

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Mustang Designer by Ray Wagner Pdf

Mustang Designer tells the story of American wartime fighter development, including engines and armaments, as part of a nationwide program of aircraft builders and fliers, focusing on Edgar Schmued, the designer of the Mustang. The P-51 Mustang is widely regarded as the best propeller-driven fighter that ever flew. What many might not realize is that the plane's developer was a German migrant. This book tells of how Schmued created a weapon that would ultimately prove lethal to the aspirations of those who had seized control over his native land.

Author : Carl Molesworth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782005483

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Very Long Range P-51 Mustang Units of the Pacific War by Carl Molesworth Pdf

These pilots called themselves the 'Tokyo Club'. It was a simple task to become a member. All you had to do was strap yourself into a heavily loaded P-51 Mustang, take off from Iwo Jima, fly 650 miles north over the sea – often through monsoon storms – in your single-engined aircraft to Japan, attack a heavily defended target and then turn around and fly home despite a shrinking fuel supply and perhaps battle damage as well. Do it once and you earned membership in the club. Do it 15 times and you earned a trip home. But make one mistake or have one touch of bad luck, and you had a very good chance of ending up dead. This book tells the little-known story of these brave men and their efforts to defeat the aerial forces defending Japan.

Author : Air Force Historical Foundation. Symposium
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
ISBN : IND:30000110411141

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Coalition Air Warfare in the Korean War, 1950-1953 by Air Force Historical Foundation. Symposium Pdf

In commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Korean War, the official history offices of the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and their respective historical associations collaborated to sponsor as comprehensive a symposium as possible, including as participants some of the coalition partners who contributed forces and weapons to the war. The intent of this symposium, titled Coalition Air Warfare during the Korean War, 1950 -1953, was to focus not only on the contributions made by the armed forces of the United States, but also on those of America's allies. The diverse group of panelists and speakers included not only scholars with subject matter expertise, but also veteran soldiers, sailors, and airmen who had served in that conflict. It was hoped that the melding of these diverse perspectives would provide interesting, if sometimes conflicting, views about the Korean War. The symposium organizers designated an agenda of six specific panels for investigation, including Planning and Operations; Air Superiority, Air Support of Ground Forces; Air Interdiction and Bombardment, Air Reconnaissance and Intelligence, and Logistical Support of Air Operations. Each session began with commentary by the panel chairman, which was followed by formal papers, and in some instances included a lively question and answer session. The papers and most of the proceedings found their way into print and are recorded here in an effort to permanently capture the activities, challenges, contributions, and heroics of the coalition air forces and the airmen who fought during the Korean conflict.

Author : Cory Graff
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760348598

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P-51 Mustang by Cory Graff Pdf

P-51 Mustang celebrates the 75th anniversary of the most iconic American warbird; from combat to recon, D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge.

Author : Warren Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472829061

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F-80 Shooting Star Units of the Korean War by Warren Thompson Pdf

Built within a 180-day time limit in 1943, the F-80 Shooting Star first saw service in Italy in the final year of World War 2, and consequently was sent to bases in the US, Europe and the Far East after VJ Day. It was the latter groups based in Japan that initially bore the brunt of the early fighting in Korea, engaging MiG-15s in the world's first jet-versus-jet combat. Flown principally by the 8th and 49th Fighter Bomber Wings, the F-80 served until the end of the war, completing an astonishing 98,515 combat sorties, shooting down 17 aircraft (including three of the vastly superior MiG-15s), dropping over 33,000 tons of bombs, and firing over 80,000 air-to-ground rockets. Aside from the fighter-bomber Shooting Stars, the ultra-rare, but heavily used, photo-reconnaissance RF-80A saw extensive use in the frontline in Korea as a replacement for the vulnerable RF-51D. Filled with first-hand accounts and rare colour photographs taken by the veterans themselves, this is the engrossing story of the pioneering F-80 Shooting Star.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428990173

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Down in the weeds : close air support in Korea by Anonim Pdf

Author : David McLaren
Publisher : Air Force Legends
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0942612922

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North American P-51H Mustang: Includes Lightweight Fighters XP-51F, XP51G, & XP52J by David McLaren Pdf

The North American Aviation Corporation's series of "Lightweight" Mustangs, the XP-51F, XP51G, XP-51J, and ultimately the P-51H, came as a result of North American's further development of their standard P-51A and B/C designs. These efforts were the direct result of combat experience in Europe in attempting to counter the fast German Luftwaffe's Focke Wulf 190 with its higher rate of roll, and the requirement in the Pacific Theater for a light, long-range fighter to counter Japanese aircraft, particularly the long-range, high manueverable Mitsubishi A6M Reisen ("Zero" or "Zeke").