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Nimrod Boys

AUTHOR – Tony Blackman, Joe Kennedy

PUBLISHER – Grub Street

FORMAT – Hardback

PAGES – 254

PUBLISHED – 2019

ISBN – 978 1 911621 27 0

 

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Category: Product ID: 3552

Description

Nimrod Boys is a complementary book to Nimrod Rise and Fall from acclaimed author Tony Blackman. It is a collection of over twenty first-hand accounts of operating the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod.  The book focuses on the Nimrod’s UK-based and worldwide operations. With detailed accounts of the Nimrod’s role during the Falklands campaign and in later conflicts such as the First Gulf War to modern-day anti-drug smuggling operations in the Caribbean. There are also descriptions of the Nimrod’s achievements in the International Fincastle Competition – where RAF squadrons competed against counterparts from Australia, Canada and New Zealand.  With a variety of perspectives on Nimrod crew life, including from a female air electronic operator, readers will find dramatic, engaging and occasionally humorous stories.

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Weight0.8 kg

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