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Hostile Skies

The Battle for the Falklands

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Hostile Skies

By: David Morgan
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
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The gripping personal story of a Falklands Fighter Ace.

David Morgan, RAF officer and poet, relives his experiences during the Falklands War in this vivid memoir. On secondment to the Royal Navy when the Argentine invasion of the Falklands began, and personally credited with shooting down two Argentine Skyhawks as well as enemy helicopters, Morgan was later awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Here he recounts his involvement in the first British airstrike against Argentine positions around Port Stanley and describes being first on the scene when enemy jets bombed the landing ships Sir Tristram and Sir Galahad. Including the author's heartfelt letters sent back to England to close family and friends, Hostile Skies dramatically recalls what it was really like to fight, live and love during the Falklands War.

©2012 David Morgan (P)2020 W F Howes 20th Century Military & War Modern War Heartfelt Military US Air Force Aviation Air Force

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"Graphically told, this is the story of an intense and fraught conflict enacted on the edge of endurance. Gripping...." (Flypast)
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I had mixed feelings about this book. The parts about the Falkland war were well written and I really enjoyed it. The letters home were okay at first but it did seem a bit overdone towards the end especially when it often repeated something just said. where I struggled the most was the casual continual discussions around his ongoing affair and how the author tried to normalise this with his wife.
It did not sit well with me and made it extremely difficult to like the author . It was a shame as it took away from what was otherwise a very interesting read .

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