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Sea Harrier Over the Falklands

Author : Commander 'Sharkey' Ward, DSC, AFC, RN
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 0850523052
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Sea Harrier Over the Falklands written by Commander 'Sharkey' Ward, DSC, AFC, RN and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1993-08-05 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Sea Harrier Over The Falklands

Author : Sharkey Ward
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1474625517
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Sea Harrier Over The Falklands written by Sharkey Ward and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The controversial first-hand account of what really happened in the south Atlantic skies Sharkey Ward commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Invincible, was senior Sea Harrier adviser to the Command, flew over sixty missions and was awarded DSC. Yet had he followed all his instructions to the letter, Britain might well have lost the Falklands War. His dramatic first-hand story of the air war in the South Atlantic is also an extraordinary, outspoken account of inter-Service rivalries, bureaucratic interference, and dangerous ignorance of the realities of air combat among many senior commanders. As Sharkey Ward reveals, the 801 pilots were fighting not just the enemy, exhaustion, and the hostile weather, but also the prejudice and ignorance of their own side.

Harrier 809

Author : Rowland White
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473566630
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Harrier 809 written by Rowland White and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.

RAF Harrier Ground Attack: Falklands

Author : Jerry Pook
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1848845561
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book RAF Harrier Ground Attack: Falklands written by Jerry Pook and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2008-06-15 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Her Majesty's Top Gun: and the Decline of the Royal Navy

Author : 'Sharkey' Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781631298677
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (986 download)

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Download or read book Her Majesty's Top Gun: and the Decline of the Royal Navy written by 'Sharkey' Ward and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sea Harrier Over the Falklands

Author : Sharkey Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Sea Harrier Over the Falklands written by Sharkey Ward and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Yompers

Author : Ian R. Gardiner
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1781599181
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book The Yompers written by Ian R. Gardiner and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A British company commander details his experience serving in the Falklands War and reflects on the 1982 conflict. “Yomping” was the word Commandos used for carrying heavy loads on long marches. It caught the public’s imagination during this short but bitter campaign and epitomized the grim determination and professionalism of our troops… Called to action on April 2, 1982, the men of 45 Commando Royal Marines assembled from around the world to sail 8,000 miles to recover the Falkland Islands from Argentine invasion. Lacking helicopters and short of food, they “yomped” in appalling weather carrying overloaded rucksacks, across the roughest terrain. Yet for a month in mid-winter, they remained a cohesive fighting-fit body of men. They then fought and won the highly successful and fierce night battle for Two Sisters, a 1,000-foot-high mountain which was the key to the defensive positions around Stanley. More than just a first-hand story of that epic feat, this book is the first to be written by a company commander in the Falklands War. It offers a vivid description of the “yomp” and infantry fighting, and it also offers penetrating insights into the realities of war at higher levels. It is a unique combination of descriptive writing about frontline fighting and wider reflections on the Falklands War, and conflict in general. “This is the real thing, from someone who gave the orders and led from the front, from beginning to bitter end. His account is articulate, poignant and precise, even though thirty years have elapsed . . . highly recommended.” —Military History Monthly

Air Power in the Falklands Conflict

Author : John Shields
Publisher : Air World
ISBN 13 : 139900753X
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Air Power in the Falklands Conflict written by John Shields and published by Air World. This book was released on 2021-11-24 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Royal Air Force veteran of the Falklands Conflict presents a comprehensive, myth-busting study of the air campaign. In the spring of 1982, Argentina and the UK engaged in tense combat over control of the Falkland Islands. The ten weeks of fighting are often portrayed with a decidedly one-sided narrative: either heroic Argentine pilots relentlessly pressing home their attacks, or the Sea Harrier force utterly dominating its Argentine enemies. In Air Power in the Falklands Conflict, RAF veteran John Shields presents a detailed and even-handed analysis of the Falkland Islands air war. As an RAF officer, John Shields spent two and a half years in the Falklands as an air defense navigator. Using recently released primary source material, Shields looks at the air campaign at the operational level. He develops a considered view of what should have occurred, and contrasts it with what actually happened. In so doing, John Shields has produced a comprehensive account of the air campaign that has demolished many of the enduring myths of this Cold War conflict.

Vulcan 607

Author : Rowland White
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0593071263
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Vulcan 607 written by Rowland White and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Across an Angry Sea

Author : Cedric Delves
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1787381811
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Across an Angry Sea written by Cedric Delves and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early summer 1982--winter in the South Atlantic--Argentina's military junta invades the Falklands. Within days, a British Royal Navy Task Force is assembled and dispatched. This is the story of D Squadron, 22 SAS, commanded by Cedric Delves. The relentless tempo of events defies belief. Raging seas, inhospitable glaciers, hurricane-force winds, helicopter crashes, raids behind enemy lines--the Squadron prevailed against them all, but the cost was high. Eight died and more were wounded or captured. Holding fast to their humanity, D Squadron's fighters were there at the start and end of the Falklands War, the first to raise a Union Jack over Government House in Stanley. Across an Angry Sea is a chronicle of daring, skill and steadfastness among a tight-knit band of brothers; of going awry, learning fast, fighting hard, and winning through.

Sea Harrier Over the Falklands

Author : Nigel David Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (942 download)

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Download or read book Sea Harrier Over the Falklands written by Nigel David Ward and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sea Harrier FRS 1 Vs Mirage III/Dagger

Author : Douglas C. Dildy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147281889X
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Sea Harrier FRS 1 Vs Mirage III/Dagger written by Douglas C. Dildy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publishing in the 35th anniversary of the Falklands War, this fully illustrated book examines the actions between Royal Navy Sea Harriers and the French-built Argentine Air Force Mirage III and Dagger aircraft.

Hostile Skies

Author : David Morgan
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1780225008
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Hostile Skies written by David Morgan and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping personal story of a Falklands Fighter Ace. David Morgan, RAF officer and poet, relives his experiences during the Falklands War in this vivid memoir. On secondment to the Royal Navy when the Argentine invasion of the Falklands began and personally credited with shooting down two Argentine Skyhawks as well as enemy helicopters, Morgan was later awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Here he recounts his involvement in the first British air-strike against Argentine positions around Port Stanley and describes being first on the scene when enemy jets bombed the landing ships SIR TRISTRAM and SIR GALAHAD. Including the author's heartfelt letters sent back to England to close family and friends, HOSTILE SKIES dramatically recalls what it was really like to fight, live and love during the Falklands War.

Harrier 809

Author : Rowland White
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781909269965
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (699 download)

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Download or read book Harrier 809 written by Rowland White and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Harrier 809

Author : Rowland White
Publisher : Corgi
ISBN 13 : 9780552176354
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (763 download)

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Download or read book Harrier 809 written by Rowland White and published by Corgi. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.

Air War South Atlantic

Author : Jeffrey L. Ethell
Publisher : Berkley
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Air War South Atlantic written by Jeffrey L. Ethell and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1987 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Phantom in the Cold War

Author : David Gledhill
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526704102
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Phantom in the Cold War written by David Gledhill and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An RAF veteran presents an in-depth study of one of the Cold War’s most effective fighter, defense, and reconnaissance planes. The McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom was a true multi-role combat aircraft. Introduced into the Royal Air Force in 1968, it was employed in ground attack, air reconnaissance and air defense roles. Even after the arrival of the Jaguar in the early 1970s, it continued to play a significant role in air defense. In its heyday, the Phantom was Britain’s principal Cold War fighter. There were seven UK-based squadrons, two Germany-based squadrons, and a further Squadron deployed to the Falkland Islands. Phantom in the Cold War focuses on the aircraft’s role as an air defense fighter, exploring its contribution to the Second Allied Tactical Air Force at RAF Wildenrath during the Cold War. Author David Gledhill, who flew the Phantom operationally, also recounts the thrills, challenges, and consequences of operating this temperamental jet at extreme low-level over the West German countryside, preparing for a war which everyone hoped would never happen.