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A fully illustrated study of the extraordinarily successful early-generation jet, the F2H Banshee, a frontline aircraft that served with 27 US Navy and US Marine Corps squadrons and three Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) squadrons.

The F2H Banshee was an extraordinarily successful early-generation jet that outlasted both contemporary and more modern fighter types on the decks of the US Navy's aircraft carriers in the 1950s. It served in a variety of roles and was a frontline aircraft for more than a decade in an era when jet fighters came and went with relatively short service careers.

This book examines the entire service life of the F2H in the service of the US Navy, US Marine Corps and the RCN. Initially created as a replacement aircraft for McDonnell's pioneering FH1 Phantom, the F2H served in the Korean War as a strike fighter, close air support aircraft, B29 escort, and photoreconnaissance aircraft, including the latter's forays over the Soviet Union and

Table of Contents
Introduction 1. First Generation Jets 2. War Deployments 3. Photo-Banshee 4. Nightfighters and nukes 5. The 'Big Banjo' 6. Canadian Operations and Retirement Appendices Index

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 18 August 2022
      ISBN-13 9781472846211
      978-1472846211
      ISBN-10 1472846214
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      Military History Military history: post-WW2 conflicts Politics, Philosophy & Society Air forces and warfare

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A fully illustrated study of the extraordinarily successful early-generation jet, the F2H Banshee, a frontline aircraft that served with 27 US Navy and US Marine Corps squadrons and three Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) squadrons.

      The F2H Banshee was an extraordinarily successful early-generation jet that outlasted both contemporary and more modern fighter types on the decks of the US Navy's aircraft carriers in the 1950s. It served in a variety of roles and was a frontline aircraft for more than a decade in an era when jet fighters came and went with relatively short service careers.

      This book examines the entire service life of the F2H in the service of the US Navy, US Marine Corps and the RCN. Initially created as a replacement aircraft for McDonnell's pioneering FH1 Phantom, the F2H served in the Korean War as a strike fighter, close air support aircraft, B29 escort, and photoreconnaissance aircraft, including the latter's forays over the Soviet Union and

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 1. First Generation Jets 2. War Deployments 3. Photo-Banshee 4. Nightfighters and nukes 5. The 'Big Banjo' 6. Canadian Operations and Retirement Appendices Index

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