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Twin Mustang: The North American F-82 at War (Images of War)

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One of the crucial extraordinary and remarkable American fighter aircraft, the F-82 Twin Mustang was once the last mass production propeller-driven fighter acquired by the U.S. Air Force. In the beginning intended as a very long-range fighter escort for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress throughout World War II, it arrived too late to see combat and evolved into a night and all-weather fighter throughout the post-war years. Combat operations in the Korean War followed, in conjunction with a host of other dynamic episodes of deployment. This work traces the developmental, operational, and combat history of this unique American fighter and features 120 photographs and illustrations, many of which have never been published before.

Seven chapters, all extensively illustrated, cover the aircraft’s development, descriptions of the variants and subtypes, details of initial entry into service, three chapters covering the F-82’s service in the Korean War, and a final chapter detailing the type’s removal from the Korean War Theater in February 1952, to see out its operational days in the Alaskan Air Defense Command.

An appendix section follows, featuring tables of the different variants, an illustrated list of known nose art applied to F-82s, and an entry of losses suffered in the Korean War. These kind of additional details bring new points of interest to the preferred Images of War format, making for a richer, more informative reading experience.

Focusing on an lost sight of type, deployed in a conflict continuously sidelined within mainstream war histories, this publication offers a much deserved platform upon which to appreciate this dynamic and immensely interesting aircraft.

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