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Taking advantage of their jet's unequalled low-speed maneuverability, small size and powerful cannon armament they were able to take the fight to their missile-guided opponents, with a number of Vietnamese pilots racking up ace scores. Packed with information previously unavailable in the west and only recently released from archives in Vietnam, this is the first major analysis of the exploits of Vietnamese pilots in the David and Goliath contest with the US over the skies of Vietnam.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49960834597137,"sku":"NGR9781472812551","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50385504403729,"sku":"CIN1472812557G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51533524173073,"sku":"GOR010001024","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53157577851153,"sku":"GOR014787660","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1472812557.jpg?v=1751084380"},{"product_id":"mig-aces-of-the-vietnam-war-book-istvn-toperczer-9780764348952","title":"MiG Aces of the Vietnam War","description":"Based on research and personal interviews, this book presents the most successful North Vietnamese pilots' careers from their training years to their missions and aerial victories. There were nineteen aces in the Vietnamese People's Air Force during the war. An additional eight MiG pilots were also successful in dogfights; each claimed four aerial victories. More than 240 illustrations feature rare war-era photography, color MiG profiles, maps of air engagements, and lists of air victories and losses that reconstruct the events that took place over North Vietnam from 1965 to 1973.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50096704422161,"sku":"CIN0764348957G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0764348957.jpg?v=1750945252"},{"product_id":"mig-21-units-of-the-vietnam-war-book-istvn-toperczer-9781841762630","title":"MiG-21 Units of the Vietnam War","description":"The next instalment of the history of the VPAF, now in the supersonic MiG-21, covering the numerous models flown and schemes worn alongside plenty of illustrations.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50276447781137,"sku":"CIN1841762636G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1841762636.jpg?v=1750995281"},{"product_id":"mig-17-and-mig-19-units-of-the-vietnam-war-book-istvn-toperczer-9781841761626","title":"MiG-17 and MiG-19 Units of the Vietnam War","description":"A detailed history of the MiG-17 and MiG-19 units of the Vietnamese People's Air Force, packed with first-hand accounts and colour profiles.  The erstwhile enemy of the USAF and US Navy during the nine years of American involvement in the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese Peoples' Air Force (VPAF) quickly grew from an ill-organised rabble of poorly trained pilots flying antiquated communist aircraft into a highly effective fighting force that more than held its own over the skies of North Vietnam.  As this book explores, flying Soviet fighters like the MiG-17, and -19, the VPAF produced over a dozen aces, whilst the Americans managed just two pilots and three navigators in the same period.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50469029282065,"sku":"CIN1841761621G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50469086134545,"sku":"GOR003606856","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1841761621.jpg?v=1751434358"},{"product_id":"mig-17-fresco-book-istvn-toperczer-9781472874245","title":"MiG-17 FRESCO","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn illustrated account of the against-the-odds successes of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethe MiG-17 \"Fresco\" in action against US combat aircraft during Operation \u003ci\u003eRolling Thunder.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Following their elite training in the USSR and China, the Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) pilots chosen to fly the MiG-17 achieved some stunning triumphs against the best US fighters committed to action over North Vietnam. The low-speed\/high-g maneuvering attacks employed by the communist pilots proved to be highly effective, with the MiG-17's heavy-caliber cannon inflicting a rising toll on American aircraft including the F-8 Crusader, F-4 Phantom II, and F-105 Thunderchief.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on archival photographs and first-hand accounts from the pilots involved, this engaging new study reveals how a handful of MiG-17 regiments achieved 40 aerial victories over considerably more advanced US combat aircraft types following the commencement of Operation \u003ci\u003eRolling Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e in March 1965. Leading VPAF authority István Toperczer's insightful research and tactical analyses shed fresh light on the important role played by the \"Fresco\" in the defense of North Vietnam, and are complemented by action-packed ribbon diagrams, as well as battlescene artwork and a detailed cutaway armament view.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52495180857617,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":52495181316369,"sku":"NGR9781472874245","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-istvn-toperczer.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}