Vought's F-8 Crusader Part 4: Navy Fighter Squadrons

Steve Ginter

ISBN 10: 0942612191 / ISBN 13: 9780942612196

Published by Simi Valley: Steve Ginter, 1990

About this Item

Paperback. ; Measures 11" x 8½" (1.1 kg); pp 217; In the Naval Fighters series; Number 19 in the series. Includes: Production figure tables; Photographs, black-and-white and colour, within the text; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #202088 ||.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vought's F-8 Crusader Part 4: Navy Fighter Squadrons
• Publisher: Simi Valley: Steve Ginter
• Publication Date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0942612191
• ISBN 13: 9780942612196
• Binding: Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.)
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military

About this title

Synopsis

The photos in this edition are black and white. First published in 1990, this book is a squadron-by-squadron history of the "Last Gunfighter", Vought's F-8 Crusader. It covers the 69 Navy units that flew the "MiG Master" including squadron patches with additional pages on operating the Crusader in Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, F-8 squadrons deployed 59 times from carrier decks off Vietnam and were responsible for downing 16 MiG-17s, two MiG-21s, plus two probable MiG-17s. This is an excellent account of a true warrior. "When your out of F-8's your out of fighters." Over 600 photos.

About the Author

Upon graduation from college, Steve Ginter was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy and became a pilot. After leaving the Navy he entered into corporate human resources at the management level. Steve Ginter founded Ginter Books, Naval Fighters Series in 1980 while working in district and regional management positions for Thrifty Drugs. In the 1990s the Air Force Legends Series was launched. Between the two series, over 112 books have been published thus far promoting the colorful history of military aircraft in America.