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Author: Geoffrey Wakeham
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Hobbs
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2015-10-30
Total Pages: 462
ISBN-13: 184832412X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A comprehensive study of the bittersweet post WWII history of British naval aviation . . . will become a standard reference for its subject.”—Firetrench In 1945 the most powerful fleet in the Royal Navy’s history was centered on nine aircraft carriers. This book charts the post-war fortunes of this potent strike force; its decline in the face of diminishing resources, its final fall at the hands of uncomprehending politicians, and its recent resurrection in the form of the Queen Elizabeth class carriers, the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy. After 1945 “experts” prophesied that nuclear weapons would make conventional forces obsolete, but British carrier-borne aircraft were almost continuously employed in numerous conflicts as far apart as Korea, Egypt, the Persian Gulf, the South Atlantic, East Africa and the Far East, often giving successive British Governments options when no others were available. In the process the Royal Navy invented many of the techniques and devices crucial to modern carrier operations angled decks, steam catapults and deck-landing aids while also pioneering novel forms of warfare like helicopter-borne assault, and tactics for countering such modern plagues as insurgency and terrorism. This book combines narratives of these poorly understood operations with a clear analysis of the strategic and political background, benefiting from the author's personal experience of both carrier flying and the workings of Whitehall. It is an important but largely untold story, of renewed significance as Britain once again embraces carrier aviation. “Makes a timely and welcome appearance . . . will make compelling reading for those with serious concern for our naval affairs.”—St. Andrews in Focus
Author: David Morgan
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 2012-09-06
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 1780225008
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: Stuart Howe
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Published: 1984-01-01
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780711014060
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David H. S. Morgan
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780753821992
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe gripping personal story of a Falklands Fighter Ace.
Author: Nick Wotherspoon
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2007-01-31
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 1783460741
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a different approach to Aviation Archaeology. The book includes 18 crash sites and each chapter includes a description of how the incident occurred and the reasons behind the crash. Copious notes then reveal what the authors have discovered about the artifacts and the history surrounding the cause of the event. Contact with surviving relatives or fellow comrades has in many instances revealed new information and gives a more detailed insight into the geographical location itself. Each chapter will be illustrated to show the site, wreckage and objects found, the crew involved and aircraft type. In addition there will be location information. The appendices will give outline only information on some 400 other incidents, date, location, aircraft type, crew, fate etc.
Author: Peter London
Publisher: Images of Aviation
Published: 2000-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780752421018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is part of the Images of Aviation series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various aviation companies and groups in Great Britain.
Author: John Dowling
Publisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO)
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 574
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a comprehensive insight into the first 20 years of Royal Air Force helicopter operations, covering their various roles and theatres of operation. The book also describes many of the decisions taken by each of the three services on the future employment patterns of this aircraft type.