Op Telic: Flying at 100 Feet, 120 Miles an Hour Across the Desert

This is Pat Patterson’s story. A Royal Marine Aircrewman with 845 Naval Air Squadron flying Sea King helicopters aka ‘Junglies’, and his wife also served during the war.Having looked back through his helicopter logbook, he shares with us his experiences of Op Telic 1, as well as his subsequent tours.We hear about the scale of the operation as well as operational complexities specific to helicopter crews that fly into particularly challenging environments,“It was a bit more dangerous going the...