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Harrier 809, the epic story of how a small band of heroes won victory in the air against impossible odds, Rowland White

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Harrier 809, the epic story of how a small band of heroes won victory in the air against impossible odds, Rowland White

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

portraitsmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Harrier 809

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1226425456

Responsibility statement

Rowland White

Sub title

the epic story of how a small band of heroes won victory in the air against impossible odds

Summary

"April 1982. Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. In response, Britain dispatches a naval Task Force. Eight thousand miles from home, its fate hinges on just twenty Sea Harrier fighters against the two hundred-strong might of the Argentine Air Force. The odds against them are overwhelming. British Defense Chiefs' own estimates suggest that half the Harriers will be lost within a week. Against this background, 809 Naval Air Squadron is reformed, trained and sent south to fight. Not since WWII had so much been expected of such a small band of pilots... Combining groundbreaking research with the pace of a thriller, Rowland White reveals the full story of the fleet's knife-edge fight for survival for the first time, and shows how the little jump jet went from airshow novelty to writing its name in aviation legend. And of how a small band of heroes won victory against impossible odds."--, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Prologue : scramble! -- Part one : task force -- Part two : into the danger zone -- Part three : La Muerte Negra -- Part four : STUFT -- Epilogue : phoenix rising -- Appendix : British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS.1

Target audience

adult

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