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Harrier 809
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Author : Rowland White
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2020-10-15
Harrier 809 written by Rowland White and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-15 with Transportation categories.
'Utterly brilliant: a fantastically exciting book... This really does read like the best kind of thriller. His best book yet' James Holland, author of Normandy '44 April 1982. Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. In response, Britain despatches a naval task force. Eight thousand miles from home, its fate hinges on just twenty Sea Harriers against the two hundred-strong might of the Argentine Air Force. The odds against them are overwhelming. The MoD's own estimates suggest that half the Harriers will be lost in the opening days of the conflict. They need backup. Within three weeks 809 Naval Air Squadron is reformed, trained and heading south, ready for war. Not since World War Two had so much been expected of such a small band of pilots.
Harrier 809
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Author : Rowland White
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-15
Harrier 809 written by Rowland White and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-15 with History categories.
Sea Harrier Over The Falklands
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Author : Commander 'Sharkey' Ward, DSC, AFC, RN
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 1993-08-05
Sea Harrier Over The Falklands written by Commander 'Sharkey' Ward, DSC, AFC, RN and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-08-05 with History categories.
Sharkey Ward commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron, "HMS Invincible", during the Falkland War of April to June 1982, and was senior Sea Harrier adviser to the command on the tactics, direction and progress of the air war. He flew over 60 war missions, achieved three air-to air kills, and took part in or witnessed a total of ten kills; he was also the leading night pilot, and was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry. But what, after all, could 20 Sea Harriers, operating from a flight-deck bucketing about in the South Atlantic, do against more than 200 Argentine military aircraft flown by pilots who, as the raids against the British shipping proved, displayed enormous skill and almost suicidal gallantry? The world knows the answer - now. What is puzzling, therefore, is this book's truthful depiction of the attitudes of some senior non-flying naval officers, and of the RAF, towards the men (and indeed the machine) that made possible the victory in the Falklands. This first-hand account charts, in detail, the naval pilots' journey to the South Atlantic, and how they took on and triumphantly conquered the challenges they faced. It is a dramatic story, leavened with accounts of the air-to-air fighting and of life in a squadron at sea and on a war footing. But it is also a tale of inter-Service rivalry, bureaucratic interference, and the less-than-generous attitudes of a number of senior commanders who should certainly have known better; indeed, some of them might even have lost the war through a lack of understanding of air warfare. The author attempts to put the record straight.
Vulcan 607
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Author : Rowland White
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012
Vulcan 607 written by Rowland White and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Falkland Islands War, 1982 categories.
It was to be one of the most ambitious operations since 617 Squadron bounced their revolutionary bombs into the dams of the Ruhr Valley in 1943... When Argentine forces invaded the Falklands in the early hours of 2 April 1982, Britain's military chiefs were faced with a real-life Mission Impossible.
Raf Harrier Ground Attack Falklands
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Author : Jerry Pook
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2008-06-15
Raf Harrier Ground Attack Falklands written by Jerry Pook and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-15 with History categories.
During the Falklands war Jerry Pook, a pilot in No. 1(F) Squadron RAF, flew air interdiction, armed reccon, close-air-support and airfield attack as well as pure photo-reccon missions. Most weapons were delivered from extreme low-level attacks because of the lack of navigation aids and in the absence of Smart weapons. The only way he could achieve results was to get low down and close-in to the targets and, if necessary, carry out re-attacks to destroy high-value targets. Apart from brief carrier trials carried out many years previously there had been no RAF Harriers deployed at sea. The RAF pilots were treated with ill-disguised contempt by their naval masters, their professional opinions ignored in spite of the fact that the RN knew next to nothing about ground-attack and reccon operations. Very soon after starting operations from the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes the squadron realized that they were considered as more or less expendable ordnance. The Harriers lacked the most basic self-protection aids and were up against 10,000 well-armed troops who put up an impressive weight of fire whenever attacked.
Phoenix Squadron
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Author : Rowland White
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-06-30
Phoenix Squadron written by Rowland White and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-30 with History categories.
January 1972: the tiny outpost of British Honduras is threatened with imminent invasion by battle-hardened, US-trained Guatemalan paratroops. Britain's response must be immediate and decisive. But there is only one deterrent the government can offer: HMS Ark Royal, once the Navy's most powerful warship, now a white elephant on the verge of being scrapped. To save the small colony, she must launch a pair of Buccaneer fighter bombers on an unprecedented long-range mission. But first the old carrier must make a high-speed, 1,500 mile dash across the Atlantic towards the Gulf of Mexico. The odds of arriving in time are very slim indeed... Drawing on extensive first-hand accounts and previously unseen, classified documents, Rowland White has pieced together one of the most audacious and thrilling missions of post-war British military history.
Joint Force Harrier
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Author : Adrian Orchard
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2008-09-04
Joint Force Harrier written by Adrian Orchard and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Days after arriving in Kandahar, the Harriers of 800 Naval Air Squadron were in the thick of fierce fighting. Armed with rockets and bombs, the pilots were flying crucial danger-close attack missions in defence of troops engaged in the most intense battles seen by British forces since the Korean War. While facing the constant threat of surface-to-air missiles, the British Top Guns knew that any mistake would have fatal consequences for the soldiers who depended on their skill and determination. Written by the Commanding Officer of the first Royal Navy squadron to deploy to Afghanistan, Joint Force Harrier is a compelling insight into the exciting world of modern air warfare.
Sas Storm Front
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Author : Rowland White
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-10-30
Sas Storm Front written by Rowland White and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-30 with History categories.
____________________ ‘As vivid and compelling as the best adventure thriller, and a fitting tribute to a small band of men who became heroes’ ANDY MCNAB ‘Gripping, revealing and extraordinarily well-researched, this is a riveting new account of a little known but crucial war’ SIR RANULPH FIENNES ____________________ Dawn. 19 July 1972. A force of nearly three hundred heavily armed, well-trained guerrillas launches a surprise attack on the small fishing village of Mirbat. All that stands in their way is a troop of just nine SAS, aided only by an elite band of fighter pilots overhead. Two years earlier a Communist rebellion had threatened the Arabian Peninsula, in the strategically critical Sultanate of Oman. Following a covert intelligence mission, 22 SAS deployed their largest ever assault force against the rebels. But this was to be a bitter and hard-fought campaign culminating the Battle of Mirbat which would become a defining moment for the Regiment. Their heroism that day would remain part of the SAS legend for ever.
Naval Minewarfare Politics To Practicalities
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Author : Chris O'Flaherty
language : en
Publisher: Choir Press
Release Date : 2019-10-31
Naval Minewarfare Politics To Practicalities written by Chris O'Flaherty and has been published by Choir Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-31 with History categories.
A comprehensive guide to modern naval minewarfare. This work examines the basic tenets of naval mining and naval mine countermeasures. It considers the modern history of naval mining and the legal, political and statecraft factors that should underpin any decisions to employ naval mines.
Scram
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Author : Harry Benson
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-03-15
Scram written by Harry Benson and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In April 1982 Harry Benson was a 21-year-old Royal Navy commando helicopter pilot, fresh out of training and one of the youngest helicopter pilots to serve in the Falklands War. These pilots, nicknamed 'junglies', flew most of the land-based missions in the Falklands in their Sea King and Wessex helicopters. Much of what happened in the war - the politics, task force ships, Sea Harriers, landings, Paras and Marines - is well-known and documented. But almost nothing is known of the young commando helicopter pilots and aircrewmen who made it all happen on land and sea. This is their 'Boys Own' story, told for the very first time. Harry Benson has interviewed forty of his former colleagues for the book creating a tale of skill, initiative, resourcefulness, humour, luck, and adventure. This is a fast-paced, meticulously researched and compelling account written by someone who was there, in the cockpit of a Wessex helicopter. If you liked Apache, Vulcan 607 and Chickenhawk, you'll love Scram! The word "Scram" was used to warn other junglies to go to ground or risk being shot down by their own side as Argentinean jets blasted through 'bomb alley'.