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Author : Chris Sandham-Bailey
Publisher : Tempest Books
ISBN 13 : 9781911639930
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (399 download)
Download or read book Sea Harrier - Falklands 40th Anniversary written by Chris Sandham-Bailey and published by Tempest Books. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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)
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.
Author : Sharkey Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (817 download)
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:
Author : Jerry Pook
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783031573
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
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 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “interesting and highly informative personal memoir . . . a much-needed addition to the body of work covering the air war over the Falklands.”—IPMS/USA 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. “Prior to this book, very little had been written in detail describing the RAF Harrier GR3 operations during the 1982 Falklands War. This book fills that void very well, providing a wealth of detail in describing the lead up, deployment and day-to-day combat operations of the small contingent of Royal Air Force attack Harriers.”—IPMS/USA
Author : David H. S. Morgan
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780297846451
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (464 download)
Download or read book Hostile Skies written by David H. S. Morgan and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Hostile Skies' tells the personal story of a Falklands Fighter Ace.
Author : Rowland White
Publisher : Corgi
ISBN 13 : 9780552176354
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (763 download)
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.
Author : Nigel David Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (942 download)
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:
Author : Louise A. Clare
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000965031
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Falklands/Malvinas Conflict written by Louise A. Clare and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-27 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking place in 1982, a major event in both post-colonial history and the final phase of the Cold War, as well as a cultural touchstone for two different countries, the Falklands/Malvinas Conflict is one of the most important events of the last two decades of the twentieth century. This volume builds upon the aims of the international Falklands/Malvinas Conflict’s thirty-seventh anniversary conference held at The University of Manchester on 25th and 26th April 2019, examining both Argentine and British sides of the conflict, as well as joining together the voices of the Falklands/Malvinas veterans with those of Falklands/Malvinas commentators, teasing out the multifaceted nature of the conflict. This allows readers to connect first-hand veterans’ accounts with academics’ and commentators’ research, as well as providing a larger picture and broader scope of how the 1982 conflict played out and is remembered in not only Argentina and Britain but also the United States, forty years after the conflict. Including previously unheard first-hand accounts of the Falklands/Malvinas Conflict from key Argentine and British participants and combatants, such as Commodore Michael Clapp and Major General Julian Thompson and key members of 2 PARA, this volume offers a unique understanding of the conflict from a range of perspectives. Therefore, this volume is an invaluable resource for students and researchers interested in the Falklands/Malvinas Conflict.
Author : Michael Ashcroft
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785907158
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (859 download)
Download or read book Falklands War Heroes written by Michael Ashcroft and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Falklands War, which may prove to be the last 'colonial' war that Britain ever fights, took place in 1982. Fought 8,000 miles from home soil, it cost the lives of 255 British military personnel, with many more wounded, some seriously. The war also witnessed many acts of outstanding courage by the UK Armed Forces after a strong Task Force was sent to regain the islands from the Argentine invaders. Soldiers, sailors and airmen risked, and in some cases gave, their lives for the freedom of 1,820 islanders. Lord Ashcroft, who has been fascinated by bravery since he was a young boy, has amassed several medal collections over the past four decades, including the world's largest collection of Victoria Crosses, Britain and the Commonwealth's most prestigious gallantry award. Falklands War Heroes tells the stories behind his collection of valour and service medals awarded for the Falklands War. The collection, almost certainly the largest of its kind in the world, spans all the major events of the war. This book, which contains nearly forty individual write-ups, has been written to mark the fortieth anniversary of the war. It is Lord Ashcroft's attempt to champion the outstanding bravery of our Armed Forces during an undeclared war that was fought and won over ten weeks in the most challenging conditions.
Author : Tony Hoare
Publisher : Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction
ISBN 13 : 1802794387
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Born For War written by Tony Hoare and published by Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Tony is the real deal.' Andy McNab The full, explosive, boots-on-the-ground story of the Falklands War, from a soldier at the heart of the action, published for the 40th anniversary of the conflict. Tony Hoare always knew he wanted to be in the SAS. Both his grandfather and father had been soldiers, and so Tony signed up for the Cadets at 13, then the Infantry at 17 and enlisted into the Royal Green Jackets before passing arduous SAS selection in 1978. Less than four years later, Tony and his team were sent to a collection of islands just off the coast of Argentina called the Falklands, where tensions were rising and war was on the horizon. No amount of training could prepare Tony for what happened over the course of the next twelve weeks, as the Falkland Islands became a battleground between British and Argentinian forces. As helicopters crashed and ships sank, Tony, at the center of the action, battled across treacherous terrain and against a fearsome enemy, doing whatever it took to retake the islands. From one of the only soldiers who was on the frontline throughout the entire conflict, this is a thrilling account of what really happened in the Falklands, an explosive story of land, sea and air battles from a trooper who saw it all.
Author : Iain Dale
Publisher : Methuen Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Memories of the Falklands written by Iain Dale and published by Methuen Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This poignant book is published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the outbreak of the Falklands conflict in 1982. Contributors include politicians, soldiers and their families, journalists and Falkland Islanders themselves.
Author : James Barrington
Publisher : Canelo
ISBN 13 : 1788631803
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (886 download)
Download or read book Falklands: Voyage to War written by James Barrington and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2018-06-11 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of one young naval officer’s journey to war. Spring, 1982. The government of Argentina seizes control of an obscure group of islands in the South Atlantic. And the Falklands War, the last great naval conflict of the 20th century, is about to begin. On board HMS Illustrious a young naval officer, James Barrington, started keeping a diary - the story of a young man embarking on a terrifying adventure from which he couldn't know if he would return alive. A fascinating glimpse into the psychology of going into battle for the first time, the anxiety, anticipation and excitement are captured in brilliant detail, as is the intense preparation that went into recapturing the islands. Falklands: Voyage To War is a must-read for fans of real-life military stories such as Sniper One, 3 Para or Apache Down.
Author : Charlotte Lydia Riley
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674258495
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Imperial Island written by Charlotte Lydia Riley and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Second World War, Britain's overseas empire disintegrated. But over the next seventy years, empire came to define Britain and its people as never before. Drawing on a mass of new research, Riley tells a story of immigration and exclusion, social strife and cultural transformation. It is the story that best explains Britain today.
Author : Michael Parsons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Falklands War written by Michael Parsons and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parsons relates the background of the Falklands conflict and the events of the war itself, assessing different perceptions of the whole affair and reviewing developments since 1982.
Author : David Hart-Dyke
Publisher : Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1838954740
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (389 download)
Download or read book Four Weeks in May written by David Hart-Dyke and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War. A Sunday Times Bestseller 'Electric... Outstanding.' Guardian In March 1982 the guided-missile destroyer HMS Coventry was one of a small squadron of ships on exercise off Gibraltar. By the end of April that year she was sailing south in the vanguard of the Task Force towards the front line of the Falklands War. On 25 May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks, and hit by three bombs. The explosions tore out most of her port side and killed nineteen of the crew, leaving many others injured. Within twenty minutes she had capsized. In her final moments, after all the survivors had been evacuated, her Captain, David Hart Dyke, himself badly burned, climbed down her starboard side and into a life-raft. This is his compelling and moving story.
Author : Roger Chesneau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780946958443
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (584 download)
Download or read book Sea Harrier written by Roger Chesneau and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The famous Royal Navy `jump-jet¿ that revolutionised carrier operations and shaped the course of the 1982 Falklands War.
Author : Harry Benson
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409051978
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Scram! written by Harry Benson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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'.
