Vietnam Air Losses: USAF, Navy, and Marine Corps Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in SE Asia 1961-1973 [Paperback]

Christopher Hobson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 25, 2002

This is a thorough and detailed review of all fixed-wing losses suffered by the USAF, Navy, and Marine Corps over a 12-year period. Includes information on unit, personnel, location, and cause of loss. Interspersed with the main text is general background information and material on campaigns, units, aircraft and weapons, and other relevant topics. Photos illustrate the various entries. For historians and the general public.

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About the Author

Chris Hobson (Vietnam Losses) of England is senior librarian at the Joint Services Command and Staff College.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Specialty Press; First edition (February 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1857801156
• ISBN-13: 978-1857801156
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,285,394 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally! Almost all the answers in one tome, March 16, 2003

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Doghaus (Arlee, MT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vietnam Air Losses: USAF, Navy, and Marine Corps Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in SE Asia 1961-1973 (Paperback)

Someone ought to stick 5 gold stars on the author's forehead!!

Chris Hobson has managed to compile a great amount of very valuable information into a well laid out and easily accessed format. With this book in hand the reader will be able to play "Historical Trivial Pursuit" with style. Examples?

How many F-104s were lost in SEA? On what day did the USAF lose
THREE F-104s? Or - How many KB-50s did the USAF lose in Vietnam?

Although the book appears to be a mass of gray type with a sparse
selection of B&W pictures, there is enough information here to give a dedicated aerophile hours & hours of interesting reading.

Besides the date and type of aircraft lost, most entries also include the airframe serial number, names of the pilot and/or crewmembers, and salient notes of interest such as what nose art was worn by the aircraft. The author uses an abbreviated but
entertaining writing style to describe how the loss occurred, Search and Rescue efforts, and in some cases the subsequent careers of select individuals. Those cases where remains were recovered at a later date are also recorded.

The personnel index provided is exemplary. Using it, I finally
found out how and where a pilot I had known had perished. Other
entries brought back old memories from my time spent in SEA.

If you are a minor air historian or a modeler, GET THIS BOOK!~
I guarantee that it will become one of your most valuable assets when researching the Vietnam Air War.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Filled with day-by-day listings of specific incidents, August 8, 2002

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vietnam Air Losses: USAF, Navy, and Marine Corps Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in SE Asia 1961-1973 (Paperback)

Vietnam Air Losses: United States Air Force Navy And Marine Corps Fixed-wing Aircraft Losses In Southeast Asia 1961-1973 by professional military librarian and historian Chris Hobson is a comprehensive reference filled with day-by-day listings of specific incidents that caused the loss of an aircraft in the Vietnam War. Each incident is listed with a paragraph or two of information about personnel, location, and cause of the loss. Compiled from the raw data of multiple sources and illustrated with black-and-white photographs, and enhanced with a list of abbreviations, glossary of code names, and a bibliography, Vietnam Air Losses is an invaluable contribution to the growing library of Vietnam War historical studies materials and references.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vietnam Air Losses, August 6, 2002

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stanley e. goldstein (Apopka, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vietnam Air Losses: USAF, Navy, and Marine Corps Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in SE Asia 1961-1973 (Paperback)

Book is a must have for any aircrew member who flew in S.E.A. Lists losses by dates and aircrew names. Not a dry treatise but with enough of a story for even the non-flyer who is interested in aviation history. Introduced to the book by a gentleman who has visted Vietnam looking for the remains of a lost F-111 crew member.