| Title | : | Tempest Squadron (Yeoman, #7) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 132 |
| Publication | : | Published March 23, 2016 |
As the Germans pursue their last great offensive in the Ardennes in an effort to drive a wedge between the British and American land forces and to capture the vital port of Antwerp, the once all-powerful Luftwaffe are being systematically swept from the skies by the RAF and USAAF.
Based at Eindhoven, Wing Commander George Yeoman, DSO, DFC, DFM, is unknowingly pitting the hard-won skills of his squadron of Hawker Tempests — the RAF’S fastest and most effective fighters — against his wily old enemy, Oberstleutnant Joachim Richter, who commands the élite Jagdgeschwader 66.
Squadron leader Tim Phelan and the remarkably brave Simon Wynne-Williams, who has recently been discharged from the Burns Unit at East Grinstead, are part of a fearless operational squadron determined to make the mission a success.
Whether that means that they will return home is another matter... they never lose sight of their target.
But Yeoman knows his luck cannot hold out much longer.
The Battle of the Ardennes stretches out relentlessly and prospects seem bleak.
In cut-and-thrust combat high over the snow-covered land, Yeoman’s Tempests are battling as much against the common enemy of cruel weather and nervous strain as against Richter’s Focke-Wulfs.
And when Yeoman is forced to crash-land in enemy territory, he is certain of only one thing: instant, fiery death.
For even if he survives the landing, the rest of his section must blow up the remains of his aircraft to prevent the new British radar equipment falling into enemy hands...
Praise for Robert Jackson
'Takes you to the heart of the action.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Cold Kill
Robert Jackson (b. 1941) is a prolific author of military and aviation history, having become a fulltime writer in 1969. As an active serviceman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he flew a wide range of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. Tempest Squadron is the seventh book in the Sergeant George Yeoman series. Hurricane Squadron is the first.
Tempest Squadron (Yeoman, #7) Reviews
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Nearly fifty years ago I read The Big Show by Pierre Clostermann about the use of Hawker Tempests to ‘jump’ the Me262s as they approach their airfields. I thought this book might be about these missions, but in fact it was more about the ‘Battle of the Bulge’ and its aftermath. This was an interesting read, but the book was incomplete. It has an appalling ending, I was convinced my version of the book must have had a chapter missing.
The rest of my comments really refer to the whole seven book series that covers George’s Second World War adventures.
As a young boy one of my best Christmas presents would be a new Biggles book, as I got older I also started to enjoy the biographies of the WWII fighter pilots e.g. Robert Stanford Tuck, Douglas Bader etc.
These books are a sort of cross between the two, the story isn’t as strong as the Biggles books, at times it can be thrilling, but at others it is quite dry and a bit boring. However, they are more accurate and give a much more realistic feel for the real air war. I enjoyed the factual information about the aircraft and following the ‘history’ around George’s story.
Then again, there are several things that I wasn’t as happy with, the way the author couldn’t cope with relationships. At times he tried to introduce a touch of romance and then just dismissed the women in question. Nearly every friend George makes along the way gets killed.
I also didn’t like the way many of the individual books ended, almost as if the author just couldn’t be bothered to finish then off. -
Good fact based aviation yarn
A thoroughly entertaining well researched ww2 TAC . Book. Fast moving book with plenty of action showing the features of life and time at an RAF fighter squadron -
Interesting but of unknown veracity.
I enjoyed reading this book but there was a bit too much fiction. Some maps, broader understanding of the scope of the attack and historically accurate reporting of the events ( names and fighter groups) would have helped. The author did provide some technical details about the planes but some photographs would have been interesting. -
Exciting read with a let down of an ending.
This book by Robert Jackson is part of the "Yeoman" series and is pretty exciting to read but the ending of the book was really poor, sloppy work and had been heavily edited to keep it a short story. -
Good continuation of the stories with truth and fiction rolled together
