Sabre Jets Over Korea — A Firsthand Account
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Characteristics
| ISBN-10 | 0830623523 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Perfect papernback |
| Special Features | • First edition |
| Condition | VG |
| Author(s) | Douglas K. Evans |
| Publisher | Airlife Publishing Ltd. |
| Number of pages | 252 |
| Published date | 1984 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 13 x 21 x 2 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • GUERRES - BATAILLES • BIOGRAPHIES |
Description
Experience the innermost thoughts and feelings of a fighter pilot about to embark on a daring mission… relive the drudgery of day-to-day life in a tent city… meet the members of the famed 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing, who scored a ten-to-one kill ratio over North Korean Communist pilots… here’s your chance to fly a jet fighter without leaving your favorite armchair!
Never before has such a touching, compelling, and accurate description of the Korean War been written. Based on the author’s diaries and letters to his family, it presents a revealing report of the first jet air battles as they were fought.
From the time the author embarks for the Far East to join his unit until his return—100+ missions later—you’ll find yourself “in the cockpit” of an American F-86 Sabre jet, battling the odds again and again while carrying on the traditional motto “Fourth but First.” Revived are the moments of danger, the times of humor, and the frustrations experienced by the author.
Read about the air battles of the autumn of 1951, when jets were first put to combat, and discover why the outnumbered Sabre pilots were able to gain superiority over the Communists—an achievement that has still not been fully recognized or understood.
To further add to the value of this historical account, there are dozens of photographs from the author’s private collection—many of which have never before been published. This is an outstanding rendition of the actual lifestyle of those pilots, recorded largely as it was written during the fall of 1951.
As a military pilot in Korea and Vietnam, Douglas Evans followed in the footsteps of his father, who flew in World War I, and his older brother, who was a pilot in World War II. A fighter pilot for 25 years, Evans retired from the USAF and is currently employed as a commercial pilot.
