Immediate Response, 9780141039046
Paperback
Chinook pilot’s explosive true story of heroism in the Afghan battlefield.

Immediate Response

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    27 June 2010

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Summary

Immediate Response: A Chinook Pilot’s Story of Courage in Afghanistan

From the heart of the Afghan battlefield comes the explosive true story of a Royal Marine helicopter pilot.

Major Mark Hammond was awarded the DFC for remarkable feats in Afghanistan in his Chinook helicopter. Like the other Chinook pilots and crews, and the surgical teams who travelled with them, Major Hammond regularly put his own life in danger to save the lives of others.

Three times on the nig…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141039046
ISBN-10:0141039043
Series:The Centenary Collection
Author:Mark Hammond
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:27 June 2010
Weight:233g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 22mm
About The Author

Mark Hammond

Major Mark Hammond joined the Royal Marines in 1989. After specializing as a pilot, he flew Gazelle and Lynx helicopters for 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron and, subsequently, 847 Naval Air Squadron. After a tour in America with the US Marine Corps flying Cobra attack helicopters, he now flies the Chinook HC2 on exchange with the RAF. He took part in the 2003 assault on Iraq’s Al-Fawr Peninsula and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in Afghanistan in 2006.

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