F-51 Mustang Units of the Korean War
(Book #113 in the Osprey Combat Aircraft Series)
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By the time the Korean War erupted, the F-51 Mustang was seen as obsolete, but that view quickly changed when the USAF rushed 145 of them to the theatre in late 1950. They had the endurance to attack targets in Korea from bases in Japan, where the modern F-86 fighters and other jets did not. Rather than the interceptor and escort fighter roles the Mustang had performed during World War 2, in the Korean War they were assigned to ground attack missions...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1472808665
ISBN13:9781472808660
Release Date:December 2015
Publisher:Osprey Publishing (UK)
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 7.1" x 9.7"
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