Doherty, Francis Only the Light Moves. Flying covert reconnaissance Missions in the Vietnam War

Name: Doherty, Francis: Only the Light Moves. Flying covert reconnaissance Missions in the Vietnam War
Brand: Pen & Sword Books
SKU: 5623/11357
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English text, paperback, 18 bw-photos. 296 pages.

Manufacturer: Pen & Sword Books
Manufacturer No.: 9781399057028
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The story of a 24-year-old U.S. Army pilot who volunteered to conduct covert reconnaissance flights over the Ho Chi Minh Traila region that epitomized not only the U.S. war with Vietnam but also the "secret war" with Laos and Cambodia. Yet this is not merely a war story; it is also a story about the passion for flying. For ten months, Captain Francis A. Doherty spent every day above the jungle battlefield in a Cessna O-1 Bird Dog. The single-engine Bird Dog was the first all-metal fixed-wing aircraft commissioned by the U.S. Army following the separation of the Army Air Forces in 1947, serving as a liaison and observation aircraft. And for this mission, it was completely unarmed. From the cockpit of a Bird Dog, Captain Doherty observed this wartracking enemy troop movements or calling in waiting F-4 Phantoms to strike a new target.

Group: Books (first-hand)
Author: Doherty, Francis
Title: Only the Light Moves. Flying covert reconnaissance Missions in the Vietnam War
Details: English text, paperback, 18 bw-photos. 296 pages.
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