This is the memoirs of a combat pilot that survived the Rhodesia-Zimbabwe War 1965-1980. This book records the operations of the Rhodesian Air Force. It includes a log of over 1145 airstrikes carried out as well as maps where most of these have been meticulously plotted. The maps are in full colour and numerous photographs illustrate the text. To those historians and collectors of militaria, this book is one that fills in much detail. It is a comprehensive account of the Rhodesian Air Force role in the war in Rhodesia - and is one of the most detailed summaries of Rhodesian military operations to have been published. In this respect it serves as an excellent work of reference.
Superb and detailed account of how Rhodesia used superannuated aircraft to undertake successful anti-terrorist operations. Also includes details of unconventional procurement operations, such as the Hottentot Flights, that would be entirely alien to USAF and RCAF desk jockeys and bureaucrats like Breedlove and Tom Lawson.
That being said, this book would have benefited from having an index.