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Harrier 809
The Epic Story of How a Small Band of Heroes Won Victory in the Air Against Impossible Odds
Author: Rowland White
Narrator: Roy McMillan
Unabridged: 14 hr 47 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Published: 06/08/2021
Category: History - Military
Synopsis
April 1982. Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
In response, Britain dispatches a naval Task Force. Eight thousand miles from home, its fate hinges on just twenty Sea Harrier fighters against the two hundred-strong might of the Argentine Air Force.
The odds against them are overwhelming.
British Defense Chiefs' own estimates suggest that half the Harriers will be lost within a week. Against this background, 809 Naval Air Squadron is reformed, trained and sent south to fight.
Not since WWII had so much been expected of such a small band of pilots . . .
Combining groundbreaking research with the pace of a thriller, Rowland White reveals the full story of the fleet's knife-edge fight for survival for the first time, and shows how the little jump jet went from airshow novelty to writing its name in aviation legend. And of how a small band of heroes won victory against impossible odds.