Description: NEW! Shop for more toys and hobbies at www.warbirdbunker.com Fast Shipping! Lower Prices! Friendly Service!----------------------------------------------------------------- PublishedJun 18 2019FormatPaperbackEdition1stExtent96ISBN9781472829054ImprintOsprey PublishingIllustrations20 b/w; 60 colDimensions10 x 7 inchesSeriesCombat AircraftShort codeCOM 128PublisherBloomsbury Publishing A fully illustrated study of the US Korean War fighter that fought in the first ever jet-versus-jet engagement in the history of aviation.Filled with first-hand accounts and rare color photographs taken by the veterans themselves, this is the engrossing story of the pioneering F-80 Shooting Star.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.Table of ContentsChapter One:PACAF pre-warChapter TwoInto combat from Japan – first 60 days of the warChapter ThreeFlying from South Korea – fighting MiGs over the YaluChapter Four8th, 35th and 49th Fighter Bomber Wings take the strainChapter FiveReplaced by the F-86 in the fighter role – only fighter-bombers nowChapter Six:Photo-recce RF-80s at WarAppendicesIndex
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Special Attributes: Illustrated
Subject: Military & War
Book Title: F-80 Shooting Star Units of the Korean War
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.3 in
Publication Year: 2019
Topic: Military / Korean War, Modern / 20th Century, Military / Aviation
Illustrator: Laurier, Jim, Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 10.6 Oz
Item Length: 9.8 in
Author: Warren Thompson
Item Width: 7.3 in
Book Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
