In 1964/1965, Colonel Mike Hoare led 300 ‘Wild Geese’ across the
Congo to crush a communist rebellion, rescue 2000 nuns and priests
from barbarity, beat Che Guevara … and become a legend.
Of Irish
blood, Mike was schooled in England and, during World War 2, was
the ‘best bloody soldier in the British Army’. He demobbed as
major, qualified in London as a chartered accountant and emigrated
to South Africa. Going rogue, he started living dangerously to get
more out of life, including trans-Africa motorbike trips, bluewater
sailing, exploring remote areas, and leading safaris in the
Kalahari Desert. Here Mike got to know the CIA agent who was to
change his life … and Nelson Mandela’s. Later Mike was technical
advisor to the film The Wild Geese, which starred Richard Burton
playing the Mike Hoare character.
In 1981 Mike led 50
‘Frothblowers’ in a bid to depose the socialist government of the
Seychelles. Things went wrong and soon Mike was to spend three
years in jail for hijacking a Boeing 707.
Here for the first time,
in this story behind the story, Chris Hoare separates the man from
the myth in a way only a son can, and concludes his ‘mad dad’ was
an officer and a gentleman with a bit of pirate thrown in.
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