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Phoenix Squadron
- Author
- Rowland White
- Narrator
- Roy McMillan
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 12 May 2022
- Run Time
- 11 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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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.
© Rowland White 2009 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
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Aircraft carriers, jet fighters and a crisis on the other side of the world. Who could ask for more? It takes an obscure corner of British military history and weaves a story as gripping as any Tom Clancy thriller. It's completely riveting
Jeremy Clarkson
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From the cockpit of a fighter jet to the violently pitching deck of an aircraft carrier at night, Rowland White combines pulse-pounding tension with riveting detail. If only all military history was written like this...
Andy McNab
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[A] page-turning thriller of a book... White's obvious passion infuses every page and is highly infectious, while the level of detail should send any budding Tom Clancy rushing to the bookshops
Daily Telegraph
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Reads like a Patrick Robinson or Tom Clancy novel...This is a cracking read
Navy News
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A gutsy, you-are-there true story that throbs with the sound and fury of carrier operations. Military history as it ought to be told
Robert Gant
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Written in breathless prose that gives it the feel of fiction... A well-researched yarn
Daily Telegraph
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A remarkable story told with skill and dedication... I enjoyed it. And I learned a lot
Len Deighton
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A true story that reads like a Tom Clancy novel
Defence Focus
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Clearly states the case for naval aviation in our uncertain age. An aircraft carrier loaded with fighter bombers is still the big stick...
Stephen Coonts
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Details
- Author
- Rowland White
- Narrator
- Roy McMillan
- Duration
- 11 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 May 2022
- ISBN
- 9781529194326
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Naval forces and warfare
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.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.© Rowland White 2009 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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