Cheating Death: Combat Air Rescues in Vietnam and Laos - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Smithsonian Books (DC)ISBN-13:9781588342966ISBN-10:1588342964UPC:9781588342966Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, Military, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Southeast Asia, Aviation & Space, Vietnam WarSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.7804Product ID:SC0EE4WP62
Cheating Death: Combat Air Rescues in Vietnam and Laos
They flew low and slow, at treetop level, at night, in monsoons, and in point-blank range of enemy guns and missiles. They were missions no one else wanted, but the ones all other pilots prayed for when shot down. Flying the World War II-vintage Douglas A-1 Skyraider, a single-engine, propeller-driven relic in a war of "fast-movers," these intrepid US Air Force pilots, call sign Sandy, risked...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Smithsonian Books (DC)ISBN-13:9781588342966ISBN-10:1588342964UPC:9781588342966Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, Military, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Southeast Asia, Aviation & Space, Vietnam WarSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.7804Product ID:SC0EE4WP62
George J. Marrett flew 188 combat missions on the Douglas A-1 Skyraider in Vietnam and tested more than forty types of military aircraft in twenty-five years as a test pilot for the Air Force and Hughes Aircraft Company. He lives in California.
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