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Operation Miracle

Title
Operation Miracle / Preller (Prop) Geldenhuys.
Author
Geldenhuys, "Prop" Preller
Publication
Paeroa: Peysoft Publishing, 2008.

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Description
130 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"The aircrew that the book honours are Hunter pilot Brian Gordon, and Canberra crew Kevin Peinke and JJ Strydom (SAAF navigator on secondment). They were killed on Day 5 of Operation Miracle, after most of the ground troops had withdrawn from the battle field. Two months later, the ceasefire of the bush war was declared, followed four months later by a change of Government"--Publisher website.
Alternative Title
Operation Miracle : a tribute to three bold airmen
Subject
  • Gordon, Brian (Pilot)
  • Peinke, Kevin (Pilot)
  • Strydom, J. J. (Pilot)
  • Hunter (Aircraft carrier) > History
  • Canberra (Aircraft carrier) > History
  • Southern Rhodesia. Rhodesian Air Force > History
  • 1965-1980
  • Zimbabwe > History > Chimurenga War, 1966-1980
  • Zimbabwe > History > 1965-1980
  • Zimbabwe
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
  • 9781539972174
  • 1539972178
OCLC
  • on1262581490
  • SCSB-14586817
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library