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F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War
By Peter Mersky, Tom Tullis, Iain Wyllie and
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Known to its pilots as the 'last of the gunfighters' due to its quartet of Colt-Browning Mk 12 20 mm cannon, the F-8 Crusader was numerically the most populous fighter in the US Navy at the start of America's involvement in the Vietnam conflict in 1964 – some 482 F-8C/D/Es equipped 17 frontline units. It enjoyed great success against North Vietnamese Mig-17s and Mig-21s during the Rolling Thunder campaign of 1965-68, officially downing 18 jets, which represented 53 per cent of all Mig claims lodged by Navy squadrons during this period.
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Peter Mersky
Peter Mersky is a retired Navy Commander with 23 years service on active duty and in the reserves. He has flown in many of the aircraft he has written about, including the A-7, and was a writer then the editor of Approach, the Navy and Marine Corps aviation safety magazine.
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