Armed Action
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3.8 • 4 Ratings
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- £3.99
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
'I couldn't see the tank. I couldn't see it... Someone was screaming over the radio. "Scream all you want, I still can't see it," I said to my pilot. The next explosion was so close it lifted my chest armour off my body in the shock wave. The noise brought me back to my awful reality. I looked out of the sight to see the shattered cockpit glass. The next one would be it and we knew it.' Lieutenant Commander James Newton survived and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his bravery. In a career that has seen him on operations over Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Northern Ireland and most recently Iraq, Newton is no stranger to being shot at. He has flown all the aircraft the Navy has and even ones it doesn't. Thrilling, fast-paced and an adrenaline-fuelled adventure, Armed Action is a fascinating insight into life in the air.
Customer Reviews
Highly recommended
An excellent and very well-written book. Lieutenant Commander James Newton manages to take you right to the very heart of the battle, almost putting you in the pilots seat. He also manages to describe the grittier, sometimes hidden side of war and how it affected him and the other men on 847 Squadron. I couldn't put this book down from start to finish.
The only very minor point is that the ebook on 'iBooks' does not contain any of the photos of the crew and aircraft that the author mentions.
A very well-written book and highly recommended reading for anyone interested in aviation, helicopters, armed forces and war or purely looking for a greater understanding of what happened on the flight line during the Iraq war in 2003.