Chinook Crew 'Chick'

Chinook Crew 'Chick' Highs and Lows of Forces Life from the Longest Serving Female RAF Chinook Force Crewmember Language:English Format:Paperback Dimensions:5.1" x 7.8" Pages:184 Publisher:Air World ISBN:9781399072960 Item No. 9781399072960 Liz McConaghy, from a small town in County Down, spent a total of seventeen years flying with the RAF’s Chinook Fleet. Aged just 21, she was the youngest aircrew member to deploy to Iraq and was also the only female ‘crewman’ on the Chinook wing for four years. In her astounding career Liz McConaghy completed two deployments to Iraq followed by ten deployments to Helmand province in Afghanistan in support of the enduring Operation Herrick campaign.Liz’s inspiringly honest story reveals the highs and lows that she witnessed at war, and the cost that came with that both, physically and mentally for those involved. During her deployments, she survived not only a near fatal wire stri