Twin Mustang: The North American F-82 at War

Author: Alan C. Carey
Twin Mustang: The North American F-82 at War
Pen and Sword
Images of War
ISBN: 1783462213
2014
Format: EPUB
Pages: 128
Size: 4 Mb
Language: English

One of the most unusual and remarkable American fighter aircraft, the F-82 Twin Mustang was the last mass production propeller-driven fighter acquired by the U.S. Air Force. Originally intended as a very long-range fighter escort for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress during World War II, it arrived too late to see combat and evolved into a night and all-weather fighter during the post-war years. Combat operations in the Korean War followed, along with a host of other dynamic episodes of deployment. This work traces the developmental, operational, and combat history of this unique American fighter and features 120 photographs and illustrations, many of which have never been published before.