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Tornado Down (Paperback)

by John Peters (Author), John Nichol (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (31 Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140270817
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140270815
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 39,494 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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RAF Flight lieutenants John Peters and John Nichol were shot down over enemy territory on their first airbourne mission of the Gulf War. Their capture in the desert, half a mile from their blazing Tornado bomber, began a nightmare seven-week ordeal of torture and interrogation which brought both men close to death. In Tornado Down, John Peters and John Nichol tell the incredible story of their part in the war against Saddam Hussien's regime. It is a brave and shocking and totally honest story: a story about war and its effects on the hearts and minds of men.


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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Tornado Down, 15 April 2003
This has got to be the best ever book i've read, couldn't put it down for a second I always wanted to know what happens next. I would recommend this book to anyone, it show just how evil the iraqi soldier can be & how brave John Peters, John Nichol & the other POW are.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars When the Tornados are down..., 1 Jul 2007
By Andrew Moules (Albania) - See all my reviews
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One of the most unusual stories from the Gulf war, because the men who went to drop the bombs get to be on the recieving end of other men who come to drop bombs on them. As well as appearing on Iraqi TV (John Nichols later found fame introducing airshows for the BBC), the 2 servicemen are more articulate than the average pilot (who are known for speaking only with their hands) and refreshingly honest throughout the whole story.
The first part of the book tells the details of flying a fast jet, and a few perculiarities of the Tornado. A cut-away daigram and pictures of both front and back seat cockpits add to the description. The roles of piolt and Navigator are skimmed over, with enough detaiklto make sense. Later, these details are crucial, for the tornado is downed really because Nichols fails to press a button in the attack sequence. The story is not full of flying escapades as this is the first and only daylight low-level raid of the war, and the 2 patriotic authors dismiss blaming their authorities for what was probably a botch up of timing on the first day of the air war.
It is this honest patriotic stance that fills the book, and explains why these 2 got so much fame and credit afterwards, with a Channel 4 film of the same and a TV job full stop. Well they were still in the employment of the RAF, and the reality of going to war was a strange shock even though they had been preparing for it for years.
After the agonising decision to eject, the fun really starts for these 2, with a crawl through the desert near the very airbase they had attempted to attack, then the showing bullet welcome form their captors, to the first of endless beatings and ferrying around Iraq, before being incarcerarted in a well built prison, that ironocally becomes their shelter when it is bombed, and the guards are killed as they take shelter. Teh descriptions are horrible, and what seems to be hidden behind all these experiences is the inevitable trauma that they all mount up to.
Nichols affirms from his prison cell that he rarely goes to church. But prayer gacve him immense strength. Other colleques died, but these survivors get to refelct on what is important to them (family, using what they have earned for good etc...) and the book ends fittingly with a dignified funeral for fallen collegues from their squadron, and a quote from Phillippians chapter 4 (The Bible), so what more could you want in such a book?
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Takes you into the reality of war, 9 Jun 1999
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This book is must to read. The accounts are graphic and bring to life the reality of war and what happens behind enemy lines that none of us will ever know or face. Both John Nichol and John Peters tell you there sides of the capture. The only way to undestand this bok is to read it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars No nonsense insight of how it was
This book is a real insight into the RAF and the run up of the Golf War. Neither men portray themselves as `heroes' nor do they pretend to make up a story to give the impression... Read more
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