Ian Smith Watson Author

Ian Smith Watson was born in Irvine, Ayrhire, in 1960. He grew up in Scotland and Yorkshire and attended Shelley High School in Huddersfield before joining the RAF as a radar operator in 1977 until 1990. He later worked in Saudi Arabia, contracted to the Royal Saudi Air Force through the GENA (Ground Environment Navigational Aids) program. Watson has written four previous books: 'The RAF at Home' for Pen & Sword and 'Fading Eagle', 'Northern 'Q': The History of RAF Leuchars', and 'History of the Gloster Javelin: The First All-Weather British Fighter' with Fonthill Media.