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Vulcan 607 - The Epic Story of the Most Remarkable British Air Attack since the Second World War
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April 1982. Argentine forces had invaded the Falkland Islands. Britain needed an answer. And fast. The idea was simple: to destroy the vital landing strip at Port Stanley. The reality was more complicated. The only aircraft that could possible do the job was three months from being scrapped, and the distance it had to travel was 4000 miles beyond its maximum range. It would take 15 Victor tankers and 17 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...
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Second hand Paperback
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9780552152297
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42774