A Bucket of Sunshine: Life on a Cold War Canberra Squadron

by Mike Brooke

Book Overview

A Bucket of Sunshine , a term used for the use of a nuclear bomb, is a firsthand insight into life in the mid-1960s on a Royal Air Force Canberra nuclear-armed squadron in West Germany on the frontline in the Cold War. Mike Brooke describes not only the technical aspect of the aircraft and its nuclear and conventional roles and weapons, but also the low-level flying that went with the job of being ready to go to war at less than three minutes notice...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752470213
• ISBN13: 9780752470214
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"