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Sea Harrier Over the Falklands
Commander Sharkey Ward
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Description for Sea Harrier Over the Falklands
Paperback. The controversial account of what really happened in the south Atlantic skies Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBJM; HBLW3; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 31. Weight in Grams: 316.
The controversial 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
Cassell Military Paperbacks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780304355426
SKU
V9780304355426
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98
About Commander Sharkey Ward
Nigel David Ward was born in Canada of 'RAF' parents in 1943 and joined the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, as an Officer Cadet in 1962. After Basic Flying Training he completed his Fleet Air Arm training on Hunters and Sea Vixens before joining 892 Naval Air Squadron in 1969, where he flew the F-4K Phantom from the deck of ... Read more
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