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RF-8 Crusader Units over Cuba and Vietnam (Osprey Combat Aircraft 12)
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by Peter Mersky and Tom Tullis
Sales Rank: 827237
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$12.49
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 96 pages
Published by: Osprey Publishing March 1, 1999
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1855327821
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1855327825
Book Dimensions:
9.8 x 7.3 x 0.3 inches
Weighs: 10.7 ounces
Product Description
Although the Crusader was built first and foremost as a Navy interceptor, as has often been the tradition with US fighters, a photo-reconnaissance variant was also produced by Vought. The photo-bird's first operational test came in the autumn of 1962 when its overflights of Cuba alerted the world to the likely presence of medium-range ballistic missiles on the Caribbean island. The recce Crusader's next action came during the long years of the Vietnam War. This volume is the second of two in the Combat Aircraft series devoted to the Crusader, the first title (again by Peter Mersky) having covered the F-8 fighter variants, and their MiG-killing exploits, during the Vietnam War.
Publisher Description
Osprey's Combat series combines the best archival photography available with specially commissioned artworks and first hand accounts, making these books favourites amongst historians, modellers and aviation enthusiasts everywhere.
Reader Reviews
This is a very good book that provides a lot of information on a little-known aircraft that served faithfully for nearly thirty years. The author first provides a detailed account of Navy and Marine RF-8 recon missions over Cuba during the 1962 Missile Crisis. The text and photos in this section alone justified my purchase of the book. Mr. Mersky also does an outstanding job describing the aircraft's service during the Vietnam war, using accounts from the pilots who flew the missions and photo interpreters who analyzed the film. There's a very good assortment of B&W/color photos and color profiles of the RF-8's in various squadron colors. My only complaint about the book is the six-page account of the 1966 fire aboard USS Oriskany. This was a great narrative but not really pertinent to the book's subject. The author could've used that space to include details of the RF-8's post-Vietnam service until its 1987 retirement from the Naval Air Reserve. But aside from that criticism I was very satisfied with the book. It's a balanced combination of statistics and stories and I strongly recommend it to anybody who wants to learn more about combat photo reconnaissance.
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