SS10229 F3D Skyknight in Action (Paperback)
by Alan C. Carey.
The U.S. Navy’s first all-weather jet fighter, the Douglas F3D
Skyknight, traces its origins to 1945, when the Navy began
studies for a jet-powered, carrier-based night fighter. Ready for

service when war broke out in Korea in 1950, the Skyknight, also
known as Willy the Whale, proved its worth in the capable hands
of pilots and radar operators with Marine Night Fighter Squadron
VMF(N)-513. The F3D scored the highest number of aerial victories

for an all-weather jet fighter in that conflict. Later, in the
late 1950s and 1960s, Douglas Aircraft, in conjunction with the
Navy and Marine Corps, modified a number of the Skyknights to
perform a variety of tasks. This book chronicles the development
and operational history of the Navy fighter from conception to
duty in the Korean War, to service as a night interceptor in
Vietnam, where it was an ECM/ELINT platform, jamming North
Vietnamese missile and anti-aircraft sites. The volume is packed
with never before published color and b/w photographs covering
the entire operational life of the F3D-1/2, F3D-2B, F3D-1/2M,
F3D-2T2, and the EF-10B variants. Illustrated with more than 10
line drawings and 196 photographs. 80 pages. Hardcover ISBN =
978-0-89747-686-7. Paperback in perfect binding ISBN =
978-0-89747-685-0.