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F-51 Mustang Units over Korea (Osprey Frontline Colour 1)

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Warren Thompson has given the air enthusiasts, historians, and Mustang buffs an excellent start in Osprey's "Frontline Color" series. F-51 Mustang Units over Korea contains a great deal of information and carefully selected color photos of all US and UN users of F-51/RF-51s during the Korean War. This book covers a much overlooked area of aviation history dealing with F-51 operations and units in Korea. The facts about Australian, South Korean, and South African units were an extra bonus. This book gives these outstanding pilots, ground crews, and units their due.

Perfect for US Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, South African Air Force and South Korean Mustang enthusiasts. It is a great book and I recommend it highly. If you want an operational overview of the F-51 Mustangs you wouldn't go wrong with this book - well worth the price and time to read.

I am a American Historian. I like introduce a Korean military aviation
researcher,Young Ki Moon,Seoul,Korea. I am a most lmportant supplier of
his requesting books and DVD,after frequent windowshopping of Amazon.
occasinally, he sent me many valuable Reviews after his readings books.
Now I introduce a his review this book as following:
I Keep Osprey frontline colour Series as my important,emotionally
attached books on my personal study-Library.
one of my most favouring,best attached,agile fighter is F-51 Mustang.
At the outbreak of Korean war,on July,25,1950, only available
U.S.Fighter was obsolute at that time but was one of best piton engined
fighter during W.W.II. program of replacing F-51 to F-80Shooting Star is
going on.
During Korean War,their main task was strafing and bombing on enemy
troops and installations. But they are especially volunabble to small
arms on the tree top operation of surronding mauntainous deep valley.
damage of cooling system of liquid cooling engines were most frequent
causes of shooting down.F-51 Mustangs are first contender with attacking
1st appearing 6 MIG-15 near Yalu river.
F-51Mustang Figter Bomber group and F4U Corsair did most outstanding
strafing and bombing throughout the Korean War,1950~1953.