DAN wrote:

Hi Guy,

I love your description of the events. Not having half of the time it would take
to read the reference books myself, reading your excerpts is the next best thing


Glad you enjoy them, and I hope you find the time to do some reading yourself. I
tend to post long excerpts in hopes that people will find them so interesting that
they'll read the book.

On whether the Brit pilots had experience against the Mirage:
Not the pilots with the task force, but again Curtis had some experience in
the back seat of one.

IIRC the French helped out the Brats by specifically running a series of mock
attacks with Super Standards and Mirages against the task force when it departed
for the south.

I've read that, but not in any source (so far) that I'm willing to put a depend on.
Sharkey mentions ACM exercises between AdlA Mirages and UK-based SHARs while the
task force was on its way south, with the results forwarded to the task force.

Guy