GUNSHIP ACE THE WARS OF NEALL ELLIS, HELICOPTER PILOT AND MERCENARY A.J. Venter

A former South African Air Force pilot who saw action throughout the region from the 1970s, Neall Ellis is the best-known mercenary combat aviator alive. Apart from flying Alouette helicopter gunships in Angola, he has fought in the Balkan War (for Islamic forces), flown Mi-8s for Executive Outcomes, and thereafter an Mi-8 fondly dubbedBokkie for Colonel Tim Spicer in Sierra Leone.

This book describes the full career of this storied aerial warrior, from the bush and jungles of Africa to the forests of the Balkans and the merciless mountains of todays Afghanistan. Along the way the reader encounters a multi-ethnic array of enemies ranging from ideological to cold-blooded to pure evil, as well as well as examples of incredible heroism for hire.

2011. Firm soft cover; 324 pages. Very good condition, as new. Under 1kg.