Bob Howe

About The Author

Bob Howe has a long association with the Royal Australian Air Force and Defense.
Growing up in Canberra in the 1950s, Bob heard stories from his uncle Max who was a RAAF pilot during the Second World War. After several years as a cadet in the Air Training Corps, Bob joined the RAAF and trained as a navigator, going on to fly Lincoln, Neptune, Canberra and Phantom aircraft. During his operational tour in Vietnam, he flew over 260 missions as navigator/bomb-aimer on the Canberra aircraft, and held the position of Bombing Leader.
After leaving the RAAF, Bob worked in the Defense industry as well as being an executive on a number of Defense-related fora and associations.

Books by Bob Howe

Dreadful Lady over the Mekong Delta

RAAF Canberras in the Vietnam War

By Bob Howe
Book #7
Dreadful Lady over the Mekong Delta looks at the men of No 2 Squadron and the operations they flew in the Vietnam War in their Canberra bombers. From April 1967, the squadron spent four years attacking enemy targets, many of them in the Mekong Delta region, and contending with the politics, weath...
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