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Book - Crusader!: Last of the Gunfighters by Paul T. Gillcrist
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Subjects
- History & Military
- Subject
- Vought F-8 Crusader
- Country of Manufacture
- United States
- Special Attributes
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780887407666
- Book Title
- Crusader! : Last of the Gunfighters
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, The Limited
- Item Length
- 11 in
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 8.8 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military / Aviation
- Item Weight
- 50.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 8.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Once known as the "Last of the Gunfighters", the Vought F-8 Crusader has since become a legend in the histories of the U.S. and French navies, as well as a scourge in the skies over North Vietnam in the late 1960s
CRUSADER is a vital oral history of one of the most controversial fighter planes in carrier aviation. A key to the authenticity of this story are the author\s personal interviews with sixteen of the seventeen living Crusader pilots who became MiG killers in the Vietnam air war. His analysis of their aerial engagements over North Vietnam from 1965 to 1973 contains some startling surprises, as well as a validation of many of the tactical lessons learned from World War II and Korea.
CRUSADER also contains personal accounts by F-8 speed record holders such as U.S. Marine Corps Major (now Senator) John Glenn and Captains Bob Dose and "Duke" Windsor. Other aviation records held by the Crusader, (not so enviable) are told, in anecdotal form, for the first time by the author, an F-8 driver and participant in some of them
Colorful, and sometimes humorous, accounts of events involving the F-8 and "Crusader Drivers" abound in this chronicle of carrier aviation covering the three decades when this remarkable airplane was an important element of the U.S. Navy\s carrier strike forces.
Rear Admiral Paul T. Gillcrist commanded a fleet Crusader squadron, then a carrier air wing and finally, as a flag officer, became wing commander for all Pacific Fleet fighter squadrons. During his fleet squadron command he completed three carrier deployments to the Tonkin Gulf and flew 167 combat missions in the Crusader for which he was awarded seventeen combat decorations. The author of FEET WET, Reflections of a Carrier Pilot (1990) and TOMCAT, The Grumman F-14 Story (1994), Admiral Gillcrist is well qualified to write the story of the Crusader
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, The Limited
ISBN-10
0887407668
ISBN-13
9780887407666
eBay Product ID (ePID)
848564
Product Key Features
Book Title
Crusader! : Last of the Gunfighters
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / Aviation
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
8.8 in
Item Weight
50.3 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
20
Lccn
94-069728
Target Audience
Trade
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Dewey Decimal
359.9/4834/0973
Lc Classification Number
Ug1242.F5g527 1995
Copyright Date
1995
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