Scram!: The Gripping First-hand Account of the Helicopter War in the Falklands by Harry Benson lands on the shelves of my shop.
Preface, 2012, Hardback in dust wrapper.
Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs; Maps;
From the cover: SCRAM! SCRAM! was all I heard through my corns as I caught sight of two Argentine A-4 Skyhawks blasting through bomb alley toward the anchored British flotilla. In front of me every ship opened up with everything they had as missiles and tracer fire streaked through the sky to meet the incoming aircraft. All we could do as helicopter pilots caught out in the open was head for the hills. Literally.
Soon after the Argentine army invaded the Falklands in the early hours of 2 April 1982, it was the Royal Navy commando helicopter pilots, nicknamed junglies, who flew most of the land-based missions in the Falklands in their Sea King and Wessex helicopters. Facing both mortar fire and head-on attacks by Argentine jets, they inserted SAS patrols at night, rescued survivors of Exocet attacks, mounted daring missile raids, as well as supporting the British troops and evacuating casualties, often in appalling weather conditions.
Harry Benson was a 21-year-old junglie Wessex pilot, fresh out of training, when war started. He has interviewed over forty of his former colleagues for this book, creating a fast-paced, meticulously researched and compelling account written by someone who was there, in the cockpit of a Wessex helicopter.
Good+ in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges. Leans a little. Hinge showing at the title page. Text complete, clean and tight otherwise.
Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine. [XXVI] 390 pages. Index. 9½” x 6¼”.
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