Blue Moon over Cuba (ePub)
Aerial Reconnaissance during the Cuban Missile Crisis
(Sprache: Englisch)
Most books on the Cuban Missile Crisis tell the story using the memoirs of those who advised President Kennedy as he struggled to avoid World War III. This book is the only known personal account of the lead photographic reconnaissance squadron's scouting...
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Most books on the Cuban Missile Crisis tell the story using the memoirs of those who advised President Kennedy as he struggled to avoid World War III. This book is the only known personal account of the lead photographic reconnaissance squadron's scouting dangerous low-level operations, flying the supersonic RF-8A Crusader, during the classified Operation Blue Moon. Captain Ecker was the commanding officer of US Navy Light Photographic Squadron 62 (VFP-62, otherwise known as "Fightin' Photo") during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a team created for reconnaissance and aerial photography, and consulted on the movie Thirteen Days, which included dramatic scenes of his first mission over Cuba on October 23, 1962. Blue Moon over Cuba is an authoritative and complete account of the low-level reconnaissance that might be said to have helped JFK avert nuclear Armageddon.
Autoren-Porträt von William B Ecker USN (ret., Kenneth V. Jack, Michael Dobbs
The late Captain William B Ecker USN (retired) was the commanding officer of US Navy Light Photographic Squadron 62 (VFP-62, colloquially known as 'Fightin' Photo') during the Cuban Missile Crisis. His memoir of the squadron's dangerous low-level photographic missions over Cuba was written in 1986, shortly after he was honored by the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. However, it was never published. It is the only known personally written account of the squadron's reconnaissance missions, flying the supersonic RF-8A Crusader, during the classified operation codenamed Blue Moon. Capt Ecker consulted on the movie Thirteen Days, which included dramatic (animated and live) scenes of his first mission over Cuba on 23 October 1962. Actor Chris Lawford played the role of (then) Cdr Ecker and superstar Kevin Costner was a producer and lead actor in the film. Lawford, the son of actor Peter Lawford, is also the real-life nephew of President John F Kennedy, the American president at the time of the crisis.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: William B Ecker USN (ret. , Kenneth V. Jack , Michael Dobbs
- 2013, 1. Auflage, 320 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- ISBN-10: 1472802950
- ISBN-13: 9781472802958
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.03.2013
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