With the end of the Second World War Britain needed time to recover; it could not face another war, but the new threat of Soviet hegemony put paid to that. The next battle lines were drawn. To counter the Russian threat, for more than 40 years, Britain's RAF, along with their US counterpart, permanently station a Tactical Air Force in West Germany.
Ian Smith Watson was born in Irvine, Ayrhire, in 1960. He grew up in Scotland and Yorkshire and attended Shelley High School in Huddersfield before joining the RAF as a radar operator in 1977 until 1990. He later worked in Saudi Arabia, contracted to the Royal Saudi Air Force through the GENA (Ground Environment Navigational Aids) program. Watson has written four previous books: The RAF at Home for Pen & Sword and Fading Eagle, Northern 'Q' The History of RAF Leuchars, and History of the Gloster Javelin: The First All-Weather British Fighter with Fonthill Media.
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This is essentially a reference book, rather than a book about exciting flying. But what a reference book! Some of the information the author has uncovered about the machinations with regards to Air Force policy are fascinating. The process by which the RAF ended up with the 'Clutch' bases and Gutersloh is a story in itself. Smith Watson is not the most exciting writer, but this book had me enthralled as l didnt know what was going to turn up next! Thoroughly recommended.
