McDonnell F-101 Voodoo (Osprey Air Combat)

The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was designed to escort American bombers into the Soviet Union, yet its most numerous variant became an interceptor guarding North America from other bombers.  As a reconnaissance aircraft, the Voodoo went to war in Southeast Asia, flying the fastest combat missions ever flown.

Robert F Dorr's volume on the Voodoo tells not merely of a warplane in the Century Series but, of men.  The story begins in the crucible of Southeast Asia, where the men of the 20th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron test themselves against Hanoi's missiles, MiGs and Triple-A.  Many of the men in the Voodoo story, like designer Edward M Flesh and test pilot Robert Little were interviewed specially for this history.  Others, whose tale is told here, shaped the US Air Force of today.

The Voodoo story includes the Chinese Nationalist RF-101A flights over the mainland from Taiwan, and a first-hand account from a Canadian back-seater of an F-101B.  Comprehensive appendices reveal all about an aircraft which was incredibly difficult to fly, yet loved by all who went aloft in the Voodoo in peace and war.

Illustrated with over 160 black and white photographs (many previously unpublished), and 12 photographs in full colour.  McDonnell F-101 Voodoo contains approximately 50,000 words of text.  A glossary and an index are also included.

Author : Robert F Dorr

Large softback, 200 pages, with many colour and over 160 b&w photographs

ISBN 0 85045 752 1

Used but in excellent condition.  But there is some writing dedicated to someone by the author, written on the title page.

UK postage is £4.00.  Overseas surface mail is £15.50