McDonnell F2H Banshee

McDonnell F2H Banshee adalah pesawat jet tempur berbasis kapal induk satu kursi digunakan oleh Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat dan Korps Marinir Amerika Serikat 1948-1961.

Pesawat itu salah satu pesawat jet tempur Amerika utama yang digunakan selama Perang Korea dan satu-satunya jet tempur bertenaga yang pernah digunakan oleh Royal Canadian Navy, melayani RCN dari 1955 sampai 1962. Nama pesawat berasal dari mitologi Celtic banshee.

Referensi

• Andrade, John. U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications, 1979, ISBN 0-904597-22-9
• Baugher, Joe. "McDonnell F2D-1/F2H-1 Banshee." Joe Baugher's Encyclopedia of American Military Aircraft, 3 September 2003. Retrieved: 23 January 2011.
• Francillon, René J. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920. London: Putnam, 1979. ISBN 0-370-00050-1.
• "McDonnell Banshee." Diarsipkan 2006-10-13 di Wayback Machine. Shearwater Aviation Museum Aircraft History, 2009. Retrieved: 1 March 2009.
• "McDonnell Banshee Serial Number 1263334." Diarsipkan 2009-05-13 di Wayback Machine. Naval Museum of Alberta, 2009. Retrieved: 1 March 2009.
• Mesko, Jim. FH Phantom/F2H Banshee in action. Carrollton, Texas, USA: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc, 2002. ISBN 0-89747-444-9.
• Mills, Carl. Banshees in the Royal Canadian Navy. Willowdale, Ontario: Banshee Publication, 1991. ISBN 0-9695200-0-X.
• Polmar, Norman. "Historical Aircraft - The Flying Banshee". USNI Naval History, January 2010.
• Thomason, Tommy H. U.S. Naval Air Superiority: Development of Shipborne Fighters 1943-1962. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-58007-110-9.
• Wagner, Ray. American Combat Planes. New York: Doubleday, Third edition, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.
• Wilson, Stewart. Combat Aircraft since 1945. Fyshwick, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 2000. ISBN 1-875671-50-1.

Pranala luar

• RCN Banshee 126402 at Shearwater Aviation Museum Diarsipkan 2006-10-13 di Wayback Machine.
• Photos of 1951 USS Essex crash