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H-5 Captain Tracy D Connors, Author of Baited Trap, The Ambush of Mission 1890 - Belle Aire Press. Baited Trap, the Ambush of Mission 1890, is the story of the Korean War's deadliest helicopter rescue mission. Written as a helicopter rescue tribute to Korean War Veterans, Baited Trap uses Korean War records, Korean War photographs, Korean War images and Korean War video to establish Air Force and Korean War history of the aviators who flew air combat rescue missions into heavily defended enemy territory in North Korea to save downed pilots. Baited Trap offers unique insights into the korean conflict, korean history, the korean war, korean war battles, korean war history by including many korean war photos, korean war pictures, and Korean war videos as a tribute to korean war veterans of the forgotten war. It also provides important new Korean War history of U.S. Navy operations, VF-74 and USS Bon Homme Richard (CV 31). Never before has one book included in-depth history of Korean War air combat operations by the P-51 or F-51 Mustang fighter-bomber, the F4U Corsair fighter-bomber, the H-5 and H-19 air rescue helicopters, the 18th Wing, 67th Squadron, Third Air Rescue Squdron or 3ARS, and the Fifth Air Force.

Air-Ground Korean War Glossary

 

The Korean War spawned a rich language of Acronyms and slang to describe the conditions and experience of a hard slogging war on a rugged peninsula.

For example…

 

  • Augur in
  • Bedcheck Charley
  • Bingo
  • Blinking Squadron
  • Boffins
  • Boxer Boys
  • Elsewhere
  • Erk
  • Finger Formation
  • Flying Cheetahs
  • Frag Order
  • Gaggle
  • Golf Balls
  • Josephine
  • Joto
  • Lufberry
  • MLR
  • Moolah
  • Mosquito
  • MSR
  • Operation Glory
  • Prang
  • Recce
  • Scosh
  • Shackle Code
  • Spam Can
  • Stooge
  • Top Cover
  • Winking Spinners
  • Yo-Yo, and hundreds more...

BelleAire Press has included a representative sample of Korean War-era aviation terms and slang to help you better understand “The Forgotten War” and the brave UN soldiers, sailors and airmen who saved South Korea from a Communist dictatorship in 1950-1953.

We welcome any new additions to the Korean War Air-Ground Glossary. Use the Contact button above to send us your comments or new terms.

Air-Ground Korean War Glossary