Mosquitopanik! (Hardback)
Imprint: Pen & Sword Aviation
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781844150250
Published: 16th January 2004
Last Released: 1st August 2007
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In September 1942 the British public was told of the new aircraft which would save them from Luftwaffe terror raids and would be equipped with AI radar Ð the de Havilland Mosquito; the aircraft which came to be known as the wooden wonder. This fascinating book tells the story of these Mossies and their crews and of the heroic work they did in preventing the Luftwaffe from inflicting even greater terror and damage on the civil population. Superbly illustrated, Mosquitopanik! is a graphic and comprehensive account of the fighter activities of this legendary aircraft from 1942 until the end of the War.
Usually a WWII-era multirole aircraft (for example, German Dornier Do 217, American Douglas A-20, or Soviet Petlyakov Pe-2) was well in one role and worse in another. But the Wooden Wonder – British De Havilland Mosquito – became a real exclusion and a true multirole plane. Martin Bowman’s well-researched and thorough done Mosquitopanik! proves – it was the best in its every role.
Mykhaylo Akimov
Through deadly low-level strikes, Ranger and Intruder missions’ accounts as well as crewmembers’ (both Allied and German) personal memoirs reader is led to a simple conclusion – without Mosquito fast bombers, fighter-bombers and night fighters and their ‘pressed on regardless’ crews the way to the victory for RAF Bomber Command and Second Tactical Air Force would had been far more long and costly.
Usually a WWII-era multirole aircraft (for example, German Dornier Do 217, American Douglas A-20, or Soviet Petlyakov Pe-2) was well in one role and worse in another. But the Wooden Wonder – British De Havilland Mosquito – became a real exclusion and a true multirole plane.
Mykhaylo Akimov
Martin Bowman’s well-researched and thorough done Mosquitopanik! proves – it was the best in its every role.
Through deadly low-level strikes, Ranger and Intruder missions’ accounts as well as crewmembers’ (both Allied and German) personal memoirs reader is led to a simple conclusion – without Mosquito fast bombers, fighter-bombers and night fighters and their ‘pressed on regardless’ crews the way to the victory for RAF Bomber Command and Second Tactical Air Force would had been far more long and costly.
About Martin W Bowman
With well over 100 published books, MARTIN W. BOWMAN is one of Britain’s best-known aviation historians and authors. Specialising in Second World War history and post-war aviation, Martin’s interest in these subjects was driven by the prolific number of RAF and USAAF air bases that were established in his native East Anglia. His previous books have included works such as Legend of the Lancaster, Confounding the Reich, Duxford and the Big Wings, as well as numerous titles in the exhaustive Air War series, which, between them, provide extensive coverage of operations carried out on D-Day and during the Market Garden offensive at Arnhem.
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