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Flight lieutenant Alex 'Frenchie' Duncan has been involved in some of the most daring and dangerous missions undertaken by the Chinook force in Afghanistan. In this book he recounts his experiences of life under fire in the dust, heat and bullets of an active war zone.
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Flt Lt Alex 'Frenchie' Duncan DFC was born in 1976 to a French mother and Scottish father. Brought up near Paris, he came to England in 1995. In August 2000, he was commissioned into the Royal Air Force and selected for rotary wing training, qualifying as a Chinook pilot and joining A Flight, 18 Squadron. He has amassed over 2,000 hours flying the Chinook. He has also undertaken operational tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he was commended for gallantry. In 2008, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross - the air equivalent of the Military Cross and one of the highest awards for bravery - for two actions less than a week apart. Alex is married to Alison with whom he has two sons, Guy-Olivier and Max-Olivier.
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Extraordinary flying by extraordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. This must be read. * General the Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC DL * 'Sweating the Metal is a description of the Afghan war from the cockpit, the highs and lows of combat-flying at its most dramatic'. * Daily Telegraph * with action so real your Dad will be spitting sand out of his mouth, this gripping account of a Chinook pilot's bravery under enemy fire in Afghanistan will transport him right to the frontline. * News of the World *
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Sweating the Metal; Flying under Fire. A Chinook Pilot's Blistering Account of Life, Death and Dust in Afghanistan.
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