Mosquito to Berlin: Story of 'Bertie' Boulter DFC, One of Bennett's Pathfinders [Hardcover]

Peter Bodle (Author), Bertie Boulter (Author)

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• Hardcover: 162 pages
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Aviation (June 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844154882
• ISBN-13: 978-1844154883
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Mosquito Pilot Remembers!, September 26, 2009

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This review is from: Mosquito to Berlin: Story of 'Bertie' Boulter DFC, One of Bennett's Pathfinders (Hardcover)

'Bertie' Boulter was one of the intrepid Bomber Command Pathfinder pilots who guided RAF nightime strikes to their German targets during World War II. Flying Mossies with 128 - and later 163 - Squadron, Boulter logged 48 missions before war's end, earning a DFC. He relates his exciting wartime experiences in this interesting 2007 release from Pen & Sword Books.

Following training in Canada, 21-year old Herbert Edward Boulter flew his first PFF/LNSF mission on 23 October 1944. In the course of almost 50 - mostly nighttime - missions, he and his navigator were forced to bail out twice and once narrowly missed a mid-air with another Mosquito over Berlin. He left the service in July 1946.

MOSQUITO TO BERLIN does a marvelous job of revealing the little-known world of PFF ops. Boulter and his co-author, Peter Bodle, give the reader many fascinating glimpses of RAF training, aircraft, combat ops and PFF personalities such as 128's CO Ivor Broom. Boulter, for example, reminiscences about the Blackburn Botha, one of the RAF's bomber failures. And then there's Boulter's recollections of the disastrous January 1945 mission where 12 of 36 Mossies were lost due to bad weather conditions; flak and fighters weren't the only enemy RAF crews faced!

Boulter's book is fairly short - 158 pages - but packs a lot of interesting history into those pages. The night skies over Germany weren't just the domain of Lancs, Halifaxes and Stirlings; as detailed in MOSQUITO TO BERLIN, there were other RAF aircraft and crews active as well. Recommended.