100 Missions North: A Fighter Pilot's Story of the Vietnam War

by Ken Bell

Overview

A harrowing personal account of the extraordinary dangerous missions the author and his comrades flew over North Vietnam in 1966-1967. At that time, American airmen were faced with unprecedented defenses and the highest pilot loss rate (exceeding 25%) since the early days of the US strategic bombing of Europe during World War II. This thrilling book tells what it was like to muster the courage to climb into the cockpit day after day as you watched your comrades fall one by one.and how the pilots fought back.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781618587091
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	12/01/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	875,396
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

While a member of the USAF space program, Ken Bell volunteered to fly F-105s in Vietnam. He won two Silver Stars and three Distinguished Flying Crosses, one of which he earned as leader of the first strike on the Kep airfield. He retired from the Air Force in 1984 as a brigadier general and lives in Monument, Colorado.

Editorial Reviews

"Had me sweating bullets."

"An engrossing account. His powers of description are outstanding: air-combat buffs will thrill to his knuckle-whitening recall."

"The story of the F-105s flying against North Vietnam has been told before but seldom as well."

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