Adam Elsdon Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Just finished reading this book, presently on shop bookshelves, totally brilliant, very well written account of 809 RNAS Buccaneer squadron on board HMS Ark Royal, engaged in her last projection of power with Guatemala who were threatening British Honduras prior to its independence eventually becoming Belize. It is an excellent account of the Fleet Air Arm in action and the massive effort to get Buccaneers over Belize to provide a warning to Guatemala who were on the verge of invasion, that Great Britain is not going to tolerate that threat to her sovereignty. The story leads in with the training, exercises and operations to keep up to full alert standard with the ongoing real threat with Russia, plenty of accounts of brushes with the Russian forces on intercepts, Arks helicopters chasing submarines and the Fairey Gannets maintaining a constant AEW watch for intruders. It leaves you in no doubt that it was a massive mistake to get rid of the fixed wing aircraft carriers, especially a comment at the end of the book recorded from a Para corporal in the Falklands who said that the war probably would never of happened if the british forces had a proper carrier capability. A fast and very interesting read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I agree, a brill read!:clap::clap: Mark:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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