Phoenix Squadron
€17.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780552152907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rowland White |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 544 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.382 |
| Publishing Date | 01/04/2010 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €16.89 |
| Tax | €1.01 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €17.90 |
| Availability | 3 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
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.