Mosquito [Hardcover]

Philip J. Birtles (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1998

From its original concept of a high speed and low level unarmed bomber, the Mosquito fulfilled a diversity of contrasting roles, including night fighter, fighter-bomber, naval strike, and photo reconnaissance.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 276 pages
• Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd; First edition (August 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750914955
• ISBN-13: 978-0750914956
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,422,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars some rare photos but much regurgitation of existing material, December 31, 1998

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This review is from: Mosquito (Hardcover)

This is a well produced hardcover book with many photos reproduced for the first time. The squadron histories and operational information has been reproduced in many previous publications but if this your only mosquito book it brings it together as a handy referance. The production information is inacurate and at times misleading. The photos of the fusilage being glued together does not show the actual production technique. The information on glues is muddled.The shown precedents of the mosquito need more convincing justification for their inclusion. for instance how the comet racer and the don had anything to do with mosquito production .Save that a few of the dh 94 engineers also worked on the dh 98 there can be no justification for its inclusion. Greater attention should have been paid to overseas operations and production particulary canadian and australian production .The high ball squadron sent to the pacific recievs scant attention. This is not the definitive mossie book