Description:
Fairey Gannet ASW.1 in service with the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm.
The ungainly-looking and unconventional Fairey Gannet served with several naval air arms in the 1950s and '60s, as a very effective carrier-borne submarine hunter. This book describes the operation of the Gannet by the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Air Arm, from the decision to adopt the Gannet, through initial training in the UK and onto operations from RAN carriers. Includes many first-hand accounts by pilots, aircrew, mechanics and deck crew recorded in their own words. Witness the successes, failures, high points and tragedies of Gannet 'Down Under'. Amply illustrated with more than 140 b/w and 100 color photos, many previously unpublished, maps, cartoons, squadron badges and 23 full color profiles with 2 over-head views.
Patynowski. 248 pages.
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