RAF Tornadoes & the Gulf War

Warfare

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4.5 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The First Gulf War was the combat debut for the RAF Tornado, and also for many of the aircrew who would fly one. John Nichol served as a navigator in the RAF for 15 years, even returning to service after being shot down in 1991. In this conversation with James, John shares his own experiences of the Tornado and the First Gulf War during which he was shot down, intertwined with the story of the aircraft and those of his fellow aircrew. John’s book, ‘Tornado: In the Eye of the Storm’ is published by Simon and Schuster.

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0:28.6	doubly excited because in this episode we have the brilliant John Nickle on the podcast.
0:33.5	John is of course an ex-R-E-F tornado navigator who was shot down during the first Gulf War,
0:38.7	he was tortured and paraded on international television.
0:42.4	Now he's written a new book on that very aircraft
0:45.6	he was shot down in, The Tornado. John explains the history of this aircraft in incredible detail,
0:51.8	revealing its high-tech specifications and for the first time many of the personal
0:57.2	stories of the people who flew them. So here he is, John Nickel on the history hit Warfare Podcast. How you doing today?
1:20.8	Really, really well, thank you enjoying the decent weather, looking forward to getting
1:25.1	out and about a bit, you know.
1:27.9	Good.
1:28.9	Well, how's your summer going?
1:29.9	I mean, I assume it must be busy promoting the new book, but have you had time to enjoy the sun?
1:34.4	Yes, I've been okay the book has been doing really well. I've done lots of interviews
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