RF-101 Voodoo Units in Combat - Peter E. Davies

McDonnell's F-101 Voodoo series was in many ways the most interesting of the `Century Series' fighter programmes of the 1950s partly because the type's design and intended mission changed radically during a 40-year career. Originally designed as a fighter-bomber it was converted to be a reconnaissance aircraft serving alongside the U-2 and RF-8 Crusaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. Although it gained a reputation as a difficult aircraft to handle the jet's supersonic speed and newly-developed camera suite enabled it to conduct vital low-altitude photo-reconnaissance missions over heavily-defended target areas. In combat the RF 101 was usually `first in-last out' for strike missions. This made it a ready target with a solo aircraft flying straight and level to gather target photo evidence at low-altitude offering enemy gunners plenty of opportunity to shoot the Voodoo down. This study tells the combat stories of this extraordinary aircraft highlighting the difficulty of the missions on which it was sent and the courage of its pilots.

TITLE: RF-101 Voodoo Units in Combat

AUTHOR: Peter E. Davies

SKU: 9781472829153

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

DATE PUBLISHED: 21/03/2019

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 96

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 184 mm x 248 mm

WEIGHT: 312 gr