An interesting book review in the Washington Times about the naval air war over North Korea.
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Want to see some eye-watering numbers, do a pull of combat air losses over Korea, especially of prop-driven a/c. Marvel that the Mustang was in the previous war, the Corsair far outshined it in CAS, both interms of ordnance and survivabilty. The AD – goes w/o saying. Where it really got ugly was in the strategic bombing campaign and how the MiG-15s made mincemeat of the B-29′s. Even the arrival of the F-86 didn’t guarantee air superiority, much less supremacy.
But if you really want a slice of the air combat over korea, go read about “Swede” Vejtasa’s air-air battle with 5 MiG’s in his F9F Panther…
BTW – thanks Lex, now I have another book to add to the pile of shame on the desk… :/
w/r, SJS
Korea has also been known as the forgotten war. We honor Marine landings from WW2, but don’t even think about Inchon which was one of the most decisive troop movements in military history. It was also one of the riskiest. A lot of people, when you mention Korea, think “task Force Smith” and the fact the 1st Cav broke (and didn’t get back into the country until after Vietnam).
We learned some hard lessons in Korea. Lessons the left refuses to absorb.
The dangers of carrier war have abated somewhat, for the reasons the reviewer gave, as well as others. At least Naval Aviation got some exposure in film for Korea. I know of only one for the AF and Korea was the begiining of the plot line. Can’t remember the name, but had Karl Mauldin as a Line Chief and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as a pilot.
“Twas Bombers B-52, old bean.
And twas a good flick, at that…
Thanx!
I’ll definitely add this to my list. My Dad was a Machinist Mate on a Destroyer during a part of Korea. He has always told me that at the beginning of the war they watched Prop Planes takeoff and land on the Carriers and by the end of his time over there they were seeing jets.
Guys, there is a good work of fiction about a Capt USAF F-86 pilot in Korea called “The Hunters” by James Salter. Check it out..
…but released in Sep 1958…
So? That’s when I read it, ace.
In paperback in the summer between JrHS and HS. He was a fighter pilot himself and has a book about his personal experience, “Solo Faces.”
He’written several others as well. An EXCELLENT writer, check out the book reviews on Amazon if you doubt…
Sorry,SJS somehow part of entry didn’t take. should read, …”Solo Faces” about mountain climbing as personal introspective flying type experience and an autobiography (whose title I can’t recall–sure Amazon has it)which includes his own Korean War exploits.
From the article…
extensive interviews of the men who were there and did the flying but also with extensive research into other sources. His extensive bibliography and notes reflect just that.
Yes, but was it extensive?
“The Hunters” is also a movie with Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner.
Thanks, Marine RIO, I thought one had been, but just couldn’t place or remember it. Must be old age, I saw ever war movie ever made as a youth. If youth is wasted on the young old age wastes the old.. As the ads for the Negro College Fund say: “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”
A friend (older than me), myself and my son weer standing outside the hanger at my friend’s grass airstrip talking. My response to one of my friends sarcastic retorts to something I said was “youth is wasted on the young.” We then turned to look at my son, with cat ate the canary grins. After a rather pregnant interval, my son looks at each of us in turn and said “well, don’t blame me.”
I guess my son was feeling guilty about something.