Sea Harrier Over the Falklands - A Maverick War

Zusatztext the definitive account of the battle above the South Atlantic islands Informationen zum Autor 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 the HMS Ark Royal. A qualified Air Warfare Instructor, he worked at the Ministry of Defence and in 1981 took command of 801 Naval Air Squadron in HMS Invincible. Commander Ward holds the Air Force Cross for services to maritime VSTOL aviation and was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross in the Falklands Honours List. Klappentext Controversial account of inter-service rivalry and bureaucratic interference that nearly lost the war, by the Naval Air Squadron Commander on HMS Invincible. 30 b/w photos. The controversial account of what really happened in the south Atlantic skies Zusammenfassung The controversial account of what really happened in the south Atlantic skies

Product details

• Authors: Ward Sharkey, Commander Sharkey Ward, Sharkey Ward
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.03.2007
• EAN: 9780304355426
• ISBN: 978-0-304-35542-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Series: CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS; CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS; Cassell Military; W&N Military
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book; History, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Air forces & warfare, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Falklands, Australasian and Pacific history