Blue Moon over Cuba: Aerial Reconnaissance during the Cuban Missile Crisis by Michael Dobbs, Kenneth V. Jack, William B Ecker USN (ret.) (Hardcover, 2012)
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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13
9781780960715
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114880257
Product Key Features
Author
Michael Dobbs, Kenneth V. Jack, William B Ecker Usn (Ret.)
Publication Name
Blue Moon over Cuba: Aerial Reconnaissance During the Cuban Missile Crisis
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
233mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
643g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
William B Ecker Usn (Ret.) , Michael Dobbs, Kenneth V. Jack