23,75 € 22,56 € Ajouter au panier | ACE 70 : F-86 SABRE ACES OF THE 51ST FIGHTER WING Par THOMPSON WARREN The Korean War was the first conflict in which jets fought for the control of the sky.The Soviet designed MiG-15and the USAF'SF-86 Sabre were the best fighters commited to the war,and they went head-to-head over the Yalu River from late 1950 MiG-15s into bases in Manchuria in an effort to size aerial supremacy over North Korean from the USAF dominated United Ntionsforced,they were opposed by juste 140 Sabres from the 51st and 4th Fighter Wings.The first of two volums chronicling the combat histories of Sabres aces in Korean,this book focus on the 51st Fighters Wings.Originallyequipped with Shooting Stars,the 51st hastily converted to the F-86E in late 1951,and pilots such as McConnell,Fischer,Overton and Heller exacted a heavy toll on the MiG-15 regiments. Texte en anglais
96 pages
Format : 18.50 X 24.80
80 photos |
