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MiG Alley to Mu Ghia Pass: Memoirs of a Korean War Ace

MiG Alley to Mu Ghia Pass: Memoirs of a Korean War Ace

Foster, Cecil G.

Paperback

Military BiographiesAir CombatGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 0786409959
ISBN13: 9780786409952
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jul 25 2001
Pages: 159
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.36 Width: 5.91 Depth: 8.94
Language: English

Cecil G. Foster was born in Midland County, Michigan, on August 30, 1925. He endured economic and emotional hardship during his youth, living in a poor environment, losing his mother before he was six, and being separated from his brothers, sisters, and father. He joined the Army Air Force in 1943 as a private at the height of the World War II buildup and retired in 1975 as a lieutenant colonel. During his 32 years with the Air Force, Foster served in several different capacities--pilot, celestial navigator, radar-navigator-bombardier, intercept director, and squadron commander. A major focus of this work is Foster's Air Force career in the Korean War where he was one of the highest-scoring aces of the air war. His record of nine MiGs destroyed places him twelfth on a list of 38 aces. Every one of the aircraft he destroyed was shot down in the area known as MiG Alley, a small section of airspace along the Yalu River, which separated North Korea from China.

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