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Title

Red Devils over the Yalu : a chronicle of Soviet aerial operations in the Korean War 1950-53 / Igor Seidov ; translated and edited by Stuart Britton.

Author

Seĭdov, Igorʹ

Publication

• Solihull : Helion and company, 2014.
• Solihull : Helion & Company Limited, 2014.

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Additional Authors

Britton, Stuart

Description

598 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Uniform Title

"Krasnye d'iavoliy" v nebe Korei - Sovetskaia aviatsiia v voine 1950-1953: Khronika vozdushnih srazhenii. English

Alternative Title

"Krasnye d'iavoliy" v nebe Korei - Sovetskaia aviatsiia v voine 1950-1953: Khronika vozdushnih srazhenii.

Subjects

• Korean War, 1950-1953 > Participation, Soviet
• Korean War, 1950-1953 > Aerial operations, Soviet

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: 1.The beginning of the war in the skies of Korea -- The start of the war in the skies of Korea -- The USAF reigns supreme in the skies of Korea -- An unequal contest -- The preparations of the Soviet Air Force for combat operations in Korea -- Soviet pilots enter the fighting -- Then alone in battle -- A temporary lull -- 2.The Superfortresses throw in their cards before the Guards -- The "Kozhedub Boys" enter the fighting -- Black Thursday -- The creation of the Unified Air Army -- The failure of Operation "Lasso" -- 3.The 64th IAK gathers strength -- The beginning of Operation Strangle -- The hot autumn of 1951 -- 4.Black October -- the Superfortresses recede into the shadows -- Struggle in the Anju area -- The Debacle of Australia's No. 77 Squadron; First Combats with the New F-86s -- 5.The results of the aerial conflict In 1951 -- 6.The final combats of the "parade" divisions -- 7.The Soviet High Command's mistake --
• Contents note continued: The new shift acquires combat experience -- 8.Another hot summer -- The 64th IAK is reinforced -- A fatal day for the 190th IAD -- The new shift enters the fighting -- 9.The fighting intensifies -- Another black day for the Fifth Air Force -- The "sailors" enter the fighting: the first victories of the maritime pilots -- Wingtip to wingtip: the tenacious autumn battles -- 10.The third winter of the war -- A new year -- new battles, old equipment -- 11.Spring 1953 -- new Sabres enter the fighting -- Changes in the 64th IAK's order of battle -- "We'll shoot rarely -- but accurately" -- 12.The Soviet pilots take the back seat -- May 1953 -- A hard June, or a test of resolve -- July 1953: the guns of war fall silent -- 13.Outcomes of the air war -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- I.Non-combat Pilot Losses of the 64th IAK -- II.Pilots of the 64th IAK Killed in Action.

ISBN

• 9781909384415 (pbk)
• 1909384410 (pbk)

LCCN

60001896390

OCLC

• ocn880672471
• 880672471
• SCSB-5745266

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries