Venom Squadron (Yeoman Book 11)

Venom Squadron (Yeoman Book 11)

<b>The Second World War is long over, but George Yeoman is about to be flung into a new crisis. <br /> <br />The Suez Crisis.</b> <br /> <br />Based in Cyprus and commanding two squadrons of de Havilland Venom fighter-bombers, Wing Commander George Yeoman is the first to be called into the clash between Anglo-French forces and the Egyptians over the Suez Canal. <br /> <br />Operation Musketeer, in which combined air-attack forces demolish the Egyptian airfields west of Suez, is soon over, but there is still action for the Venoms in an unexpected area. <br /> <br />The tiny, oil-rich state of Muramshir has asked for British support against invasion by its powerful neighbour, Khorat, and Yeoman’s Venom squadron is despatched to show some air strength. <br /> <br />To their amazement they face not the usual outdated British war planes of the Gulf states but the latest Russian-built MiG fighters, with speed and range infinitely superior to the Venoms. <br /> <br />Yeoman’s Middle East assignment turns into a battle to the death, and into it he has to lead young RAF pilots who have never before encountered such gruelling conditions combined with such grimly determined opponents. <br /> <br /><h2>Praise for Robert Jackson </h2> <br /> <br />“The descriptions of weaponry…are authentically detailed.” - <em><b>Publishers Weekly</b></em> <br /> <br /><b>Robert Jackson</b> (b. 1941) is a prolific author of military and aviation history, having become a full time writer in 1969. As an active serviceman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he flew a wide range of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. <em>Venom Squadron</em> is part of the George Yeoman series which began in <em>Hurricane Squadron</em> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />