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Mosquito Mayhem – de Havilland’s Wooden Wonder in Action in WWll by Martin W Bowman<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe flak started about four or five minutes before the target and immediately it was apparent that it was intense and extremely accurate. Oboe entailed the pilot flying dead straight and level for ten minutes on the attack run. Suddenly a tremendous flash lit up the sky about 50 yards ahead of our nose and exactly at our altitude. Within a tenth of a second we were through the cloud of dirty yellowish-brown smoke and into the blackness beyond. I shall never forget the spontaneous reaction of both my pilot and myself. We turned our heads slowly and looked long and deep into one another\u2019s eyes – no word was spoken – no words were needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mosquito was probably World War II\u2019s most versatile combat aircraft. This book contains hundreds of first-hand accounts from many of the two\u2013man crews who flew in them; pilots and navigators. It portrays the dramatic experiences of flying in its many roles as pathfinder, night fighter, reconnaissance aircraft, precision bombing and low-level ground attack aircraft. It describes many of the RAF\u2019s most audacious raids on prime but difficult targets where carpet bombing by heavy bombers was likely to be ineffective and cause unnecessary casualties to civilians. It is a remarkable record of the aircraft and the men that flew them.<\/p>\n

Martin Bowman is one of Britain\u2019s leading aviation authors and has written many books on World War II aviation history. He is Britain\u2019s leading authority on the Mosquito and lives in Norwich in Norfolk<\/p>\n

About Martin W Bowman<\/b><\/p>\n

With well over 100 published books, MARTIN W. BOWMAN is one of Britain\u2019s best-known aviation historians and authors. Specialising in Second World War history and post-war aviation, Martin\u2019s 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\u00a0Legend of the Lancaster<\/em>,\u00a0Confounding the Reich<\/em>,\u00a0Duxford and the Big Wings<\/em>, 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\u00a0Market Garden<\/em>\u00a0offensive at Arnhem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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