Sea Harrier - Falklands 40th Anniversary
Author: Chris Sandham-Bailey
Publisher: Tempest Books
Published: 2022-05-05
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781911639930
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Sea Harrier Over the Falklands
Author: Sharkey Ward
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9781857971026
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Sea Harrier Over the Falklands
Hostile Skies
Author: David H. S. Morgan
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780297846451
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →'Hostile Skies' tells the personal story of a Falklands Fighter Ace.
RAF Harrier Ground Attack: Falklands
Author: Jerry Pook
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2008-06-15
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 1848845561
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Imperial Island
Author: Charlotte Lydia Riley
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2024
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 0674258495
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Three Days In June
Author: James O'Connell
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2021-06-03
Total Pages: 567
ISBN-13: 1913183823
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →*** 'If you only read one book about the Falklands make sure it's this one.' - Soldier magazine 'An extraordinarily detailed account of the bloodiest battle of the Falklands war.' - Major General Jonathan Shaw CB CBE When 3 Para began their assault under cover of darkness on Mount Longdon in June 1982, nobody knew what to expect. The three platoons of B Company each approached the mountain silently, treading carefully through a series of defensive minefields. But following an explosion, fighting quickly escalated with shocking speed and severity, resulting in some of the bloodiest close hand fighting, terrible injuries, and shocking loss of life experienced by British troops since the Korean war. Recreating 3 Para's bloody Falklands battle from multiple angles, James O'Connell - who fought there and was seriously injured himself - has written a gut-wrenching 360 degree classic. Frustrated by highly inaccurate books about the battle, O'Connell decided to set the record straight. What he did next was extraordinary - he revisited the Falkland's five times with comrades and Argentine soldiers and literally walked through the battle with them, step-by-step, creating an unprecedented masterpiece of immersive military publishing. Combined with rare access to the Battalion's records and radio logs, the resulting book is the last word on Mount Longdon, and might be the most harrowingly realistic description of modern warfare you will ever read.
Her Majesty's Top Gun: and the Decline of the Royal Navy
Author: 'Sharkey' Ward
Publisher:
Published: 2020-08-27
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9781631298677
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Confessions of a Phantom Pilot
Author: Tug Wilson
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Published: 2021-12-02
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →‘The Confessions of a Phantom Pilot’ is the true story of a young RAF pilot who gets his dream to fly the old dirty workhorse fighter of the Cold War. From the first flight where he thought the jet was trying to kill him, through to his final trip of leading eight aeroplanes on a front line fighter squadron, you will relive his thoughts, feelings and anxieties as he stumbles his way through each flight relying on a bit of skill and a lot of blind luck. In essence, it is a love letter to the Phantom from a star-struck boy who felt like he was way out of his depth at the beginning of their affair. You will share stories of the outrageous drinking culture that was a major part of Cold War front-line operations, and marvel at how he didn’t do himself some serious damage either in or out of the cockpit. This is how it feels to be a front-line fighter pilot – the triumphs and the disasters are all laid out here in a completely open and honest way as the author looks back with a certain sense of nostalgia and mild embarrassment. What a blast though!
Air Power in the Falklands Conflict
Author: John Shields
Publisher: Air World
Published: 2021-11-24
Total Pages: 463
ISBN-13: 139900753X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
