The second volume in the trilogy of Combat Aircraft titles devoted to de Havilland's 'wooden wonder', this book focuses on the Mosquito fighter/fighter-bomber variants, and their users. From its earliest development phase, the aircraft was considered as much a fighter as a bomber, and this was duly reflected when the original 1940 Air Ministry order for 50 Mosquito bombers was modified to 20 bombers and 30 fighters. This volume is the first of its kind exclusively dedicated to the fighter/fighter-bomber variants of de Havilland's classic World War II (1939-1945) aircraft.
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Osprey's Combat series combines the best archival photography available with specially commissioned artworks and first hand accounts, making these books favourites amongst historians, modellers and aviation enthusiasts everywhere.
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Norwich (UK)-based Martin Bowman has written several volumes on the Mosquito, plus countless works on the USAAF.
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A reference work that is a must for Mosquito enthusiasts.,
This review is from: Mosquito Fighter/Fighter-Bomber Units of World War 2 (Osprey Combat Aircraft 9) (Paperback)
Outstanding reference work - well worth the price and time to read. Martin Bowman knows his material and makes it come alive ! Mosquito Fighter/Fighter-Bomber Units of World War 2 is compelling history and a great reference book for historians, miltiary leaders, and World War II enthusiasts! A must for Mosquito enthusiasts.
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"Mosquito Fighter/Fighter Bomber Units of World War 2" is one of hundreds of titles from Osprey Publications, source of in-depth, well-researched, liberally-illustrated monographs on a wide variety of military history and hardware subjects.
This title hews to Osprey's high standards, being a thorough exploration of the development and use of the DeHavilland Mosquito twin-engine, high-speed aircraft as a fighter (predominantly as a night interceptor and intruder) and as a low-level "hit-and-run" bomber. Interspersed with technical information about the aircraft and histories of the squadrons that employed it are "I-was-there" accounts by pilots, navigators and radar operators that bring home what it was like to fly and fight in a then-state-of-the-art warplane. This book is a must-have for aviation and military history aficiondos. Osprey also has two other Mosquito-related titles, one dealing with fighter/bomber versions and the other with reconnaissance versions to round out their treatment of the subject. I strongly recommend all three.
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I love the Mosquito however this book is about the men and missions flown and not about the airplane. I was wanting more on the airplane. Great book if you are one who likes stories about pilots. I don't. I like data on the aircraft themselves. For me it was a dissapointment.
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As the Mosquito nightfighter prototype, W4052 became only the second of de Havilland's 'wooden wonders' to take to the skies when it completed its maiden flight on 15 May 1941. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intruder operations, intruder sorties, bomber support, air gunner, latter unit, enemy aircraft, radar operator, starboard engine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Flg Off, Sqn Ldr, Fig Off, Flt Sgt, Plt Off, Flt Lts, Pit Off, Castle Camps, Fighter Command, Tom Cushing, Brian Whitlock Blundell Collection, Bradwell Bay, Day Ranger, Little Snoring, Group Mosquitoes, North Sea, West Raynham, Bay of Biscay, Sqn Mosquito, Philip Birtles, Beachy Head, Ross Finlayson, Knight's Cross, Middle Wallop, West Mailing New!
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As the Mosquito nightfighter prototype, W4052 became only the second of de Havilland's 'wooden wonders' to take to the skies when it completed its maiden flight on 15 May 1941. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intruder operations, intruder sorties, bomber support, air gunner, latter unit, enemy aircraft, radar operator, starboard engine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Flg Off, Sqn Ldr, Fig Off, Flt Sgt, Plt Off, Flt Lts, Pit Off, Castle Camps, Fighter Command, Tom Cushing, Brian Whitlock Blundell Collection, Bradwell Bay, Day Ranger, Little Snoring, Group Mosquitoes, North Sea, West Raynham, Bay of Biscay, Sqn Mosquito, Philip Birtles, Beachy Head, Ross Finlayson, Knight's Cross, Middle Wallop, West Mailing New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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