FLYING THROUGH A NUCLEAR CLOUD: TWENTY YEARS ON THE FRONTLINE DURING THE COLD WAR
Book ID/图书代码： 26C00018
English Summary/英文概要： Flying Though a Nuclear Cloud is the unusual story of a frontline navigator who flew on Canberra, Shackleton and F4 Phantom squadrons between 1954 and 1974. It also reveals his involvement with nuclear weapon testing in 1956 and 1958. It was during his time on Canberras that, in 1955, volunteers were called for ‘An Interesting Overseas Tour’. Robin Adams put his hand up. The task was to collect samples resulting from nuclear explosions. This, however, was only revealed to the volunteers after they had arrived in Australia.
On 19 June 1956 that Robin, then the navigator of Canberra WH976, took off from the RAAF Perth. Along with his pilot, Don Clelland flew through and sampled the second and largest nuclear test under Operation Mosaic – both explosions taking place at the Montebello Islands.
In 1957 Robin joined Coastal Command flying the Avro Shackleton. After this interlude, a year later he was back nuclear testing. This time it was at Christmas Island in the Pacific, with the awesome megaton H bombs of Operation Grapple Z. His task was to collect weather data and clear shipping from the potential danger areas. From 1963-1966 Robin was on 31 Squadron which, equipped with Canberra PR.7s, was stationed in Germany and tasked with day and night low-level photo reconnaissance. It was during this time that he was involved in a serious aircraft accident following a single engine approach at night.
By 1969 the front-line days were over for the Canberra, and Robin was posted onto the F4 Phantom as a Flight Commander on 14 Squadron. The squadron’s primary role was all-weather tactical nuclear weapon delivery to targets in East Germany, secondary roles being ground attack and air defence. Crews stood Quick Reaction Alert for twenty-four hour stretches, twice a month, in a hut, with a nuclear weapon loaded on the aircraft parked outside. Robin’s nuclear journey had gone full circle.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《穿越核云》讲述了一位前线领航员的非凡经历：1954年至1974年间，他曾服役于堪培拉、沙克尔顿与F4鬼怪战斗机中队。书中还揭示了他参与1956年与1958年核武器试验的内幕。1955年，在堪培拉中队服役期间，部队征集志愿者执行“一次有趣的海外任务”。罗宾·亚当斯毅然举手报名。任务真相直到志愿者们抵达澳大利亚后才被揭晓：他们要负责采集核爆炸后的样本。
1956年6月19日，罗宾作为堪培拉WH976型飞机的领航员，与飞行员唐·克莱兰一同从珀斯皇家澳大利亚空军基地起飞，穿越并采集了“马赛克行动”中第二次（也是规模最大）核试验的数据，这两次爆炸均发生在蒙特贝洛群岛。
1957年，罗宾调入海岸司令部，驾驶阿芙罗沙克尔顿巡逻机。短暂过渡后，他于次年再次投身核试验。这次是在太平洋的圣诞岛，参与威力惊人的百万吨级氢弹“Z行动”。他的任务是收集气象数据并引导船只撤离潜在危险区域。
1963至1966年间，罗宾加入装备堪培拉PR.7侦察机的第31中队，驻扎德国执行昼夜低空照相侦察任务。在此期间，他经历了一次夜间单引擎进场后的严重飞行事故。
至1969年，堪培拉战机已退出前线序列。罗宾被调至第14中队担任飞行指挥官，驾驶F4鬼怪战斗机。中队首要任务是在全天候条件下向东德目标投掷战术核武器，次要任务包括对地攻击与防空。机组人员每月需执行两次、每次连续24小时的快速反应警戒：他们守在简易营房里，而装载核武器的战机就停放在门外。至此，罗宾的“核征程”画上了一个完整的圆。(ZY)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 罗宾·亚当斯出生于白金汉郡温杜弗。1955年，已担任英国皇家空军领航员的罗宾，他后来在冷战期间曾服役于堪培拉、沙克尔顿与F4鬼怪战斗机等前线中队，自愿报名参加了“一次有趣的海外任务”。该任务旨在核爆后不久穿越核爆云层，收集爆炸样本。这次行动发生于1956年6月19日。此后，罗宾被调往海岸司令部，驾驶沙克尔顿巡逻机参与圣诞岛的热核氢弹试验。接着，他加入了屡获殊荣的侦察部队，第31中队，该中队曾在多次北约竞赛中夺冠。随后，罗宾转任侦察教官，继而以中校军衔调至第14中队担任飞行指挥官，驾驶F4鬼怪战斗机。该中队主要承担核武器投掷任务，兼负责对地攻击与防空。离开皇家空军后，罗宾先投身工业界，最后在情报领域任职。现居雷丁附近。
ROBIN ADAMS was born in Wendover, Bucks. In 1955, Robin, by then an RAF navigator who-later-served on front line Canberra, Shackleton and F4 Phantom squadrons during the Cold War, volunteered for ‘An Interesting Overseas Tour’. That mission was to collect samples from nuclear explosions by flying through the nuclear cloud shortly after detonation. This took place on 19 June 1956. His next posting was with Coastal Command flying Shackleton aircraft involved in the testing of thermonuclear hydrogen bombs on Christmas Island. After this, he joined 31 Squadron, a successful reconnaissance squadron, winning several NATO competitions. Robin was then redeployed as a reconnaissance instructor before being posted to fly F4 Phantoms on 14 Squadron as a Flight Commander with the rank of Squadron Leader. The squadron’s primary task was nuclear weapon delivery with secondary roles of ground attack and air defence. On leaving the RAF Robin entered industry and lastly served in the intelligence world. Robin now lives near Reading.
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