Vulcan 607 - Couverture rigide

White, Rowland

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0593053915 ISBN 13 : 9780593053911

Editeur : Bantam Press, 2006

Synopsis

The dramatic account of the last British bomber raid - the long-range attack on Stanley airfield that opened the Falklands War.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Rowland White was eleven years old when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands and reading the papers everyday for news quickly became his daily routine. He has been fascinated by the conflict ever since, and in particular with the Vulcan raid on Stanley airfield. He works in publishing in London.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'It was extremely heartening to see the magnificent effort of your Vulcan Crew this morning. The courage and professionalism displayed in delivering a copybook attack in the face of heavy defences were in line with the highest traditions of the Service. Old Vulcans never die.'

Signal sent by the Task Force to the Vulcan Detachment, Ascension Island, 1 May 1982

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À propos de la deuxième de couverture

It was to be one of the most ambitious operations since 617 Squadron bounced their revolutionary bombs into the dams of the Ruhr Valley in 1943 . . .

When Argentine forces invaded the Falklands in the early hours of 2 April 1982, Britain's military chiefs were faced with a real-life Mission Impossible.Its opening shot, they decided, would be Operation BLACK BUCK: to strike a body blow at the occupying army, and make them realize that nothing was safe - not even Buenos Aires . . .

The idea was simple: to destroy the vital landing strip at Port Stanley.The reality was more complicated.The only aircraft that could possibly do the job was three months from being scrapped, and the distance it had to travel was four thousand miles beyond its maximum range.It would take fifteen Victor tankers and seventeen separate in-flight refuellings to get one Avro Vulcan B2 over the target, and give its crew any chance of coming back alive.

Yet less than a month later, a formation of elderly British jets launched from a remote island airbase to carry out the longest-range air attack in history.At the tip of the spear was a single aircraft, six men, and twenty-one thousand-pound bombs, facing a hornet's nest of modern weaponry: the radar-guided guns and missiles of the Argentine defences.There would be no second chances . . .

It was the end of an era - the last time the RAF flew heavy bombers into combat before they were replaced by their digital, fly-by-wire, laser-guided successors.There were many who believed it couldn't be done.

Drawing on extensive interviews with the combatants, Falklands residents and British High Command, and with unprecedented access to contemporary military records, Rowland White takes us, for the first time, to the beating heart of the legendary raid. Vulcan 607 is a story of ingenuity, courage and sheer bloody-mindedness that's destined to become a classic.

ISBN: 0593 053915

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bantam Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0593053915
• ISBN 13: 9780593053911
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible