Douglas A-1 Skyraider
from korea to vietnam: a piston-powered attacker in the jet age
$81.63
- Hardcover
328 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2025
Summary
The Douglas A-1 Skyraider: A Piston-Powered Legend of the Cold War
The A-1 Skyraider, a carrier-capable attack aircraft crafted by Douglas Aircraft Company for the US Navy, emerged in the twilight of World War II. Though its maiden flight was in March 1945, the single-seat Skyraider’s service began post-war.
Despite the jet age’s swift arrival, the piston-powered Skyraider became a pillar of US naval and air force operations for decades. Its robust design, extended loiter ti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781036124823 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1036124827 |
| Author: | Peter C. Smith |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 172mm |
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About The Author
Peter C. Smith
Peter C. Smith was born in Norfolk in 1940. After living in London, Kent and Cambridge he and his wife Pat settled in the small Bedfordshire village of Riseley in 1982 where they currently still reside. Peter is a Member of The Society of Authors, London, and has worked as both a book and a magazine editor but has been a full-time historian and author since 1968.
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