Book description
January 1972: the tiny outpost of British Honduras is threatened with
imminent invasion by battle-hardened, US-trained Guatemalan
paratroops. Britain's response must be immediate and decisive. But
there is only one deterrent the government can offer: HMS Ark Royal,
once the Navy's most powerful warship, now a white elephant on the
verge of being scrapped.
To save the small colony, she must launch a pair of Buccaneer
fighter bombers on an unprecedented long-range mission. But first the
old carrier must make a high-speed, 1,500 mile dash across the
Atlantic towards the Gulf of Mexico. The odds of arriving in time are
very slim indeed...
Drawing on extensive first-hand accounts and previously unseen,
classified documents, Rowland White has pieced together one of the
most audacious and thrilling missions of post-war British military history.
Rowland White lives in London with his wife and two children, and
works in publishing.
