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B-57 Canberra Units of The Vietnam War by T E Bell Soft cover
B-57 Canberra Units of The Vietnam War by T E Bell
Soft Cover
96 Pages
Copyright 2011
Contents
CHAPTER ONE
HOT WAR, COLD BEGINNING 6
CHAPTER TWO
AT LONG LAST, FLYING IN ANGER 15
CHAPTER THREE
DA NANG 29
CHAPTER FOUR
THE DOOM PUSSY 40
CHAPTER FIVE
PHAN RANG 62
CHAPTER SIX
RAAF CANBERRAS JOIN THE FIGHT 74
CHAPTER SEVEN
ENTER THE DRAGON 82
APPENDICES 91
COLOUR PLATES COMMENTARY 91 INDEX 96
On Back Cover
While not receiving as much publicity as the F-105 and F-4 fighter-bombers, which took the fight into the heart of North Vietnam, the B-57 Canberra was nevertheless the first jet-powered American attack aircraft committed to the conflict. It was involved in day-to-day interdiction missions against traffic coming down the Ho Chi Minh Trail, shooting up trucks and bombing and strafing sampans in the Mekong Delta. Not least, the aircraft flew classified 'black' missions over the border into Laos and Cambodia. The B-57B hit targets in North and South Vietnam between
1965 and 1969, while later in the war many aircraft were upgraded to the then-state-of-the-art B-57G night intruder, which became one of the most valuable weapons in the USAF inventory. Also operating alongside the B-57s were the Canberra B 20s of the Royal Australian Air Force, attached to the USAF's 35th Bomb Wing, and the exploits of the Australian Canberras are fully documented in this book. The B-57 served in virtually every role for the duration of the US involvement in Vietnam, so its story is, in effect, the story of the war.
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