22nd gennaio 1991 Wing Commander Mike Heath in una tenda ospedaliera al King Faisal Airbase di Tabuk dopo l'espulsione dal suo jet Tornado.

• Collaboratore: Johnny Saunderson / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: 2WD295T
• Dimensioni dei file: 121,4 MB (2,2 MB Download compresso)
• Liberatorie: Modello - no | Proprietà - no
• Dimensioni: 8000 x 5303 px | 67,7 x 44,9 cm | 26,7 x 17,7 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 22 gennaio 1991
• Ubicazione: King Faisal Airbase, Tabuk, north-west Saudi Arabia.

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Two days earlier, he was commanding a sortie of eight Royal Air Force Tornado GR1 bombers on a night mission to Iraq when his aircraft developed problems with its control column, immediately after take-off. Heath was the navigator and with his pilot, Squadron Leader Peter Battson, was forced to ditch the aircraft in the desert. After ejecting, they both survived with only minor injuries. After Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August 1990, coalition forces were quick to send their armies to both defend Saudi Arabia and to successfully oust the Iraqi forces by the end of February 1991. Born 21st December 1950, Michael Christopher Heath was awarded the CBE in 2003 and went on to become Air Vice-Marshal, also in 2003. He died from pancreatic cancer on the 7th November 2007.

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