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F3D Skyknight in Action by Alan C. Carey, Squadron/Signal, Carrollton, Texas, 2012, $18.95 softcover, $28.95 hardcover. Designed by a team led by Edward Heinemann at Douglas Aircraft, the F3D Skyknight was meant to be the U.S. Navy’s first carrier-based night fighter. It needed to be big, robust and a little ugly to accommodate the clunky …
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