EAGLE STRIKE! (Signed)

Stiff paper wrappers, 587 pages, b&w and colour illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the author and two colleagues on the title page.

From the cover: “This is the story of an audacious airborne assault, on 4 May 1978, on a SWAPO fortified base, containing it’s military headquarters, logistical support, reserves and training facilities. The assault was supported by a very strong air strike by bomber and fifghters as well as by air transport to drop the paratroopers into battle in one of the major post war para drops, 250kms deep behind enemy lines, and thus, of a necessity, the development of a veritable swarm of helicopters to extract the paratroopers back to safety. This required intensive combined planning and slick executions on the whole intricate operation through a joint HQ deployed in the field."

"This is the only personal account ever written by somebody on the SADF side ‘who was actually there’ and who was the commander of the paratroopers”.