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Crusader! : Last of the Gunfighters by Paul T. Gillcrist (1997, Hardcover)
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Is a vital oral history of one of the most controversial fighter planes in carrier aviation. 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!
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSchiffer Publishing, The Limited
ISBN-100887407668
ISBN-139780887407666
eBay Product ID (ePID)848564
Product Key Features
Book TitleCrusader! : Last of the Gunfighters
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / Aviation
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorPaul T. Gillcrist
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height8.8 in
Item Weight62.2 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN94-069728
Dewey Edition20
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal359.9/4834/0973
SynopsisCrusader!is a vital oral history of one of the most controversial fighter planes in carrier aviation. Once known as the "Last of the Gunfighters", the Vought F-8 Crusader has since become a legend in the histories of the US and French navies, as well as a scourge in the skies over North Vietnam in the late 1960s! 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 WWII and Korea. Crusader!also contains personal accounts by F-8 speed record holders such as US Marine Corps Maj. 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 US Navy's carrier strike forces. RAdm. 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), Adm. Gillcrist is well qualified to write the story of the Crusader!, Crusader! is a vital oral history of one of the most controversial fighter planes in carrier aviation. Once known as the "Last of the Gunfighters", the Vought F-8 Crusader has since become a legend in the histories of the US and French navies, as well as a scourge in the skies over North Vietnam in the late 1960s! 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 WWII and Korea. Crusader! also contains personal accounts by F-8 speed record holders such as US Marine Corps Maj. 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 US Navy's carrier strike forces. RAdm. 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), Adm. Gillcrist is well qualified to write the story of the Crusader!, 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 \nCRUSADER 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. \nCRUSADER 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 \nColorful, 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.\nRear 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, Crusader!is a vital oral history of one of the most controversial fighter planes in carrier aviation.
LC Classification NumberUG1242.F5G527 1995
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- Oct 06, 2019
GREAT BOOK.
IT GIVES COMPLETE HISTORY, INCLUDING COMBAT HISTORY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BUREAU NUMBERS HOWEVER, IT IS A BIT LACKING. ALL IN ALL IT'S GREAT.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
