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Green Leader: Operation Gatling, the Rhodesian Military´s Response to the Viscount Tragedy
Ian Pringle
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Description for Green Leader: Operation Gatling, the Rhodesian Military´s Response to the Viscount Tragedy
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, c 50 colour & b/w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 390.
On 3 September 1978, a Russian-supplied heat-seeking missile shot down an Air Rhodesia Viscount civilian airliner shortly after it took off from the lakeside holiday resort of Kariba in the Zambezi Valley. Miraculously, 18 people, including small children, survived the crash only for most of them to be gunned down in cold blood shortly after the crash by terrorists loyal to the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) leader Joshua Nkomo. Just days before the plane was shot down, the Rhodesian leader, Ian Smith, had met secretly with Nkomo for discussions, brokered by Britain, Zambia and Nigeria. However, this event dramatically ... Read more
On 3 September 1978, a Russian-supplied heat-seeking missile shot down an Air Rhodesia Viscount civilian airliner shortly after it took off from the lakeside holiday resort of Kariba in the Zambezi Valley. Miraculously, 18 people, including small children, survived the crash only for most of them to be gunned down in cold blood shortly after the crash by terrorists loyal to the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) leader Joshua Nkomo. Just days before the plane was shot down, the Rhodesian leader, Ian Smith, had met secretly with Nkomo for discussions, brokered by Britain, Zambia and Nigeria. However, this event dramatically ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Helion & Company
Condition
New
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Solihull, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781911096726
SKU
V9781911096726
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Ref
99-3
About Ian Pringle
After national service in the South African Air Force, Ian Pringle migrated to Rhodesia to work as an industrial chemist and flew aircraft as a hobby. He was drafted into the Police Reserve Air Wing as a pilot, and was involved in numerous enemy contacts. Pringle read his MBA in the UK and worked for Castrol International and BP plc ... Read more
Reviews for Green Leader: Operation Gatling, the Rhodesian Military´s Response to the Viscount Tragedy
Should be made into a film! A gripping, first-hand account of how Mugabe came to power in Zimbabwe.
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