Phoenix Squadron: HMS Ark Royal , Britain’s Last Topguns and the Untold Story of Their Most Dramatic Mission

The dramatic true story of Britain’s last Top Guns and their most extraordinary mission, from the bestselling author of Vulcan 607

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.