Drop zone Borneo life and times of an RAF co-pilot Far East 1963-65
In 1963 the Indonesian Army that threatened Borneo numbered 330,000 men, plus three thousand Commandos. Of these, six thousand were within 20 miles of the Borneo frontier. This grew to thirteen thousand in early 1965. From mid-way through 1964, British troops and their allies who were defending the...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Annett, Roger | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Drop zone Borneo |b life and times of an RAF co-pilot Far East 1963-65 |c Roger Annett. |
| 260 | |a Barnsley |b Pen & Sword Aviation |c 2010. | ||
| 300 | |a viii, 150 p., [20] p. of plates |b ill., maps |c 24 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a Originally published: 2006. | ||
| 500 | |a Subtitle on cover: "Life and times of an RAF co-pilot Far East 1962-65". | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 1. Mission to the mountains -- 2. Into konfrontasi -- 3. Action stations -- 4. Work and play -- 5. 'Maday - Mayday - Mayday' -- 6. Down in the jungle -- 7. Threat to Kuching -- 8. Strife in Singapore -- 9. En Route -- 10. Labuan revisited -- 11. Sarawak saga -- 12. Farewell -- 13. Return -- 14. Perspective. | |
| 520 | |a In 1963 the Indonesian Army that threatened Borneo numbered 330,000 men, plus three thousand Commandos. Of these, six thousand were within 20 miles of the Borneo frontier. This grew to thirteen thousand in early 1965. From mid-way through 1964, British troops and their allies who were defending the border started to make offensive incursions into Indonesian Borneo - these operations were codenamed "Claret". Taken into account the confrontational nature of the campaign, casualties sustained in Borneo were surprisingly light. The fact that there were no fatalities among the RAF supply-dropping transports in the whole of the Borneo campaign was extraordinary. The border area between the Indonesian and Malaysian parts of Borneo was one of the most inaccessible areas of mountainous jungle anywhere in the world - an entire army was kept supplied in the field for the complete campaign. This is the exciting account from a pilot who flew the dangerous flying missions and relates the tenseness and stresses of Jungle life in those dangerous days. | ||
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| 610 | 1 | 0 | |a Great Britain. |b Royal Air Force |x History. |
| 651 | 0 | |a Borneo |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Great Britain |x History, military |y 20th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Indonesia |x History |y 1950-1966. | |
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