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Phoenix Squadron
ISBN
9781446422397
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
30-06-2011
Bindwijze
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Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Transworld
Auteur(s)
Rowland White

Phoenix Squadron

HMS Ark Royal, Britain's last Topguns and the untold story of their most dramatic mission

Rowland White
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  • January
  • 1972:
  • the
  • tiny
  • outpost
  • of
  • British
  • Honduras
  • is
  • threatened
  • with
  • imminent
  • invasion
  • by
  • battle-hardened,
  • US-trained
  • Guatemalan
  • paratroops.
  • Britain's
  • response
  • must
  • be
  • immediate
  • and
  • decisive.
  • But
  • there
  • is
  • only
  • one
  • deterrent
  • the
  • government
  • can
  • offer:
  • HMS
  • Ark
  • Royal,
  • once
  • the
  • Navy's
  • most
  • powerful
  • warship,
  • now
  • a
  • white
  • elephant
  • on
  • the
  • verge
  • of
  • being
  • scrapped.To
  • save
  • the
  • small
  • colony,
  • she
  • must
  • launch
  • a
  • pair
  • of
  • Buccaneer
  • fighter
  • bombers
  • on
  • an
  • unprecedented
  • long-range
  • mission.
  • But
  • first
  • the
  • old
  • carrier
  • must
  • make
  • a
  • high-speed,
  • 1,500
  • mile
  • dash
  • across
  • the
  • Atlantic
  • towards
  • the
  • Gulf
  • of
  • Mexico.
  • The
  • odds
  • of
  • arriving
  • in
  • time
  • are
  • very
  • slim
  • indeed...Drawing
  • on
  • extensive
  • first-hand
  • accounts
  • and
  • previously
  • unseen,
  • classified
  • documents,
  • Rowland
  • White
  • has
  • pieced
  • together
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • most
  • audacious
  • and
  • thrilling
  • missions
  • of
  • post-war
  • British
  • military history.
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