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F-80 Shooting Star Units over Korea (Osprey Frontline Colour 5) | 
 enlarge | Author: Warren Thompson
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1479262
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8.3 x 0.3
ISBN: 1841762253
Dewey Decimal Number: 951
EAN: 9781841762258
ASIN: 1841762253
Publication Date: June 25, 2001
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Product Description
The Usaf's first successful jet fighter, the F-80 actually made a name for itself in combat as a strike bomber during the Korean War. A Shooting Star also shot down the first MiG-15 lost during the campaign in what is believed to have been the world's first ever jet-versus-jet engagement. Read in this volume how the 8th and 49th Fighter Bomber Wings in Korea, F-80Cs completed an amazing 98,515, combat sorties, shot down 37 aircraft (including six MiG-15s), dropped 33,266 US tons of bombs and fired off 80,935 air-to-ground rockets. Aside from the fighter-bomber F-80C photo-recce RF-80A/Cs and 'hack' two-seat T-33s are also featured.
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CHAPTER 5 RF-80s August 24, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Warren Thompson is a friend of mine. I contributed information for his books. In Chapter 5 there is mention of my encounter with a MIG15& I jettioned my Tip Tanks to be more maneuverable & my wingman told me that the MIG on my tail flew Into the tanks. This was never confirmed but so what I got back to K-14 (Kimpo)in one piece. Warren got with pilots like me who flew 100 combat missions to be authentic & not full of stories. He is a Historian & an excellent author. His Chapters regarding F-80Cs deals with the pilots flying Fighter Bomber missions. These pilots along with F-84 pilots took the brunt of combat losses. They did not have easy missions. I lost many friends. Francis W. Meyer, Major USAF Retired
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