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Maps
Foreword

Author’s Note

Chapter 1

A short history of the Rhodesian Air Force


Younger days

Chapter 2

Ground Training School


Basic Flying School


Advanced Flying School


Operational Conversion Unit

Chapter 3

No 1 Squadron


Interview with Commander


Nyasaland emergency


Canberra bombers


The Colin Graves tragedy


Air shows


Flypasts


Aden detachment

Chapter 4

No 2 Squadron


Death of Jack Roberts


Sabotage


Flying Instructors School


Paul Mark


Death of Eric Cary


First students


Fire Officer


Canberra belly-landing


Practical jokers


15 PTC


Fire-fighting cock-up


Congo crisis


Gwelo Gliding Club


16 PTC


RAF Trappers


No 4 Squadron


Federal break-up


Return to Thornhill


Weapons demonstration


Early weapons testing


Deaths of Bruce McKerron and Henry Elliot


First terrorist action


Flying Wing Adjutant


Deaths of Barry Matthews and Sandy Trenoweth


Rupert Fothergill


Posting to 3 Squadron

Chapter 5

Unilateral Declaration of Independence


Rolls Royce engines


No 7 Squadron


Sinoia operation


Helicopter projects


Nevada murder


Aiden Diggeden


Helicopter projects continued


Accidental entry into Zambia


Elephants and the minister


First helicopter engine failure


British military versus Labour Government


A different way of thinking


FAC courses and smoke trails


Missing rhino


The fun of helicopters


Police Reserve Air Wing

Chapter 6

Operation Nickel


Disastrous twenty-four hours


Radio tracker dog project disallowed


Find Sherriff


Mountain flying


Family in helicopter


Training Norman Walsh


Tracker dog project


Operation Cauldron


P. K. van der Byl


Roland Coffegnot


Operation Griffin


Tracker dogs proven


Operation Mansion


Operation Excess


Concern for Tete Province


Casevac of gored ranger


Tripper operations


Animal incidents


Death of Don Annandale


Recce training and Willie de Beer


Trojans


Roll cloud incident


Engine failure


Joint Planning Staff


Paris Air Show


Board of Inquiry


Alcora


Visit to Cabo del Gado


Medical hitch


Aircraft accidents 1970-1971


Exercise Blackjack


Staff College


Deaths of Munton-Jackson and Garden

Chapter 7

No 4 Squadron


Learning recce


Aloe Festival


ZANU and ZAPU activities


External recce training


Preparing for bush ops


Jungle Lane


‘October Revolution’


Operation Sable


Nicholas and the old man


Beit Bridge rail link


Commencement of Operation Hurricane


Countering landmines


Centenary days


Deaths of Smart and Smithdorff


Offensive recces


Non-offensive casualties


The Peter Simmonds incident


Flight Sergeant Benji


Another Aloe Festival


Early FAC to jets


The face of terrorism


ZANLA recruitment


Pseudo-terrorist beginnings


Night-strike trials


Pre-selection of Air Force commanders


Night ops diffculties


Trojan characteristics


SAS ops in Tete


First internal recce success


Training PRAW


Strela missiles


Crop-spraying in Tete


Chris Weinmann joins 4 Squadron


Night casevacs


Improving tactics


Selous Scouts


Cordon Sanitaire


Odds and sods


FAC errors and successes


Fear of landing in enemy territory


Chifombo Base


New offensive trials


Beginning of Black Month


Operation Marble


Search for Chris


Hunter commanders


Army claims air kills


Gungwa mountain


Countering Strela missiles


Army Sub-JOC commanders


Fireforce and Scouts


Détente


Authentication of pseudo groups


ZIPRA plans upset


7 Squadron gains at 4 Squadron’s expense


Ceasefire


Firelighters


Quiet times


Brown Jobs versus Blue Jobs


Doctored radios and ammunition


Cocky Benecke


Last air actions of 1975


Loss of top army officers


Lull before the storm


Détente and SB


CTs prepare to resume war


Return of ZANLA


Lynx ferry


Fireforces back in action


Patchen explorer


War spreads and hots up


SO Plans


Operation Sand


Diverse personalities and different situations

Chapter 8

Project Alpha


Pyrotechnics and boosted rockets


CS pellets


Hispano cannons for Scouts


Mixed events


Vic Cook


SAS externals


Canberras join Fireforce


Yellow Submarine


Schulie


Madula Pan


Madula Pan attack


New Frantans


Golf Project


Cavalry Fireforce


Testing American equipment


COMPOS established


External operations March-June 1977


Flechettes


‘Know your enemy’


Salisbury recce


First employment of flechettes


Preparing to attack external bases


Op Dingo briefing


Chimoio attack


Tembue attack


Effectiveness of Op Dingo


Operation Virile


Black Friday


Mini-golf bombs


ZANLA’s changing tactics


Norah Seear


RAR Fireforces


Bold actions—007 ideas


Katoog


Philippa Berlyn


Final tracker dogs trial


More enemy reversals


Deaths of du Toit and Nelson


Second Tembue attack


Viscount disaster


Return to Chimoio


Operation Gatling


Mulungushi and Mboroma


Moatize hangar

Chapter 9

Posting to COMOPS


Mozambican National Resistance


Luso Boma


Vanduzi Circle


Cost comparisons


ZIPRA plans revealed


Beira fuel refinery


Assassination attempts on Joshua Nkomo


Kazungula ferry


Cheetahs


Uncomfortable times in COMOPS


Black government


Civilian convoys and rail protection


British Conservative government


Flechette success


ZIPRA’s NSO


Xai Xai


Attempts to assassinate Robert Mugabe


ZIPRA loses war holdings


Political turmoil


Operation Uric


Enhancing MNR’s image


Search for New Chimoio


Operation Miracle


Chambeshi bridges-Zambia


Moatize bridges


Encounter with conventional ZIPRA forces


Operation Tepid


Operation Dice

Chapter 10

Ceasefire


Dinner with ZIPRA


Visits to ZANLA Assembly Points


Visits to ZIPRA APs


Elections


Joint High Command HQ

Epilogue

Glossary

About the Author
Copyright
