Part 3 – Continuing with the Mosquito marathon in the WPA series, Ian Thirsk now turns his attentions to the Fighter Bombers. Again, we had far too much material to fit into one volume, so this
\none covers the intruders and 2nd TAF aircraft in this first part, with Coastal Command, 100 Group and other FB VIs being covered in the second part.<\/p>\n
Ian was of course Head of Collections and Research at the RAFM and has also been a volunteer member of the DH Museum\u2019s Mosquito restoration team for over forty years, so is the perfect author for such a task.<\/p>\n
Once again, the author has unearthed some incredibly detailed interior photos of actual wartime Mosquitos, making this a truly essential guide for any modeller, or indeed, any
\nmodelling company.<\/p>\n
This book contains 72 pages with approx 120 photos and 6 colour profiles<\/p>\n
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About Ian Thirsk<\/b><\/p>\n
Recently retired as Head of Collections and Research at the Royal Air Force Museum, Ian Thirsk has long held a fascination for aviation, first inspired by his father who worked for de Havilland\u2019s at Hatfield. Ian joined the Royal Air Force Museum in December 1989, starting in the Visual Arts Department as an Assistant Curator. In 1994 he became Curator of the Museum\u2019s Film and Sound Recordings Archive, overseeing the collection\u2019s preservation and conservation and ensuring its accessibility for research and external users.<\/p>\n
In 2010 he succeeded Richard Simpson as Keeper of the Museum\u2019s Aircraft and Exhibits Department; the job title being revised to\u00a0\u2018Head of Collections\u2019<\/em>\u00a0to incorporate a wider remit including responsibility for the Museum Curatorial Department at Cosford plus the Reserve Collection at Stafford. In addition to the Research Programme, Ian later became responsible for all Royal Air Force Museum collections, namely Aircraft and Exhibits, Archives and Library, Photographs, Film and Sound recordings plus FineArt and Medals.<\/p>\n In June 2013 Ian led the RAFM\u2019s Goodwin Sands Dornier 17 recovery project and has been responsible for other notable RAFM aircraft acquisitions in recent years, including the C-130K Hercules, Harrier GR.9A, VC10C.1K and Predator Drone.<\/p>\n Ian maintains a lifelong interest in aviation history, especially the products of the de Havilland Aircraft Company and in particular the Mosquito. Ian has been a voluntary member of the DH Museum\u2019s Mosquito Team for over forty years, initially overseeing restoration of TT.35 TA634 and later acting as advisor during the conservation of the original Mosquito Prototype W4050. Previous publications include\u00a0\u2018de Havilland Mosquito: An Illustrated History Volume 2\u2019<\/em>\u00a0for Crecy Publishing plus various magazine articles for\u00a0Aeroplane Monthly<\/em>,\u00a0Flypast<\/em>,\u00a0The Aviation Historian\u00a0<\/em>etc.<\/p>\n Also see Part 1 and 2 of this series below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wingleader de Havilland Mosquito – Part 3 – FBVI Intruders and 2nd TAF’ by Ian Thirsk (Author Signed)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[41],"product_tag":[148,289,288,290,291],"class_list":{"0":"post-7842","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-books-video","7":"product_tag-de-havilland","8":"product_tag-far-east","9":"product_tag-intruders","10":"product_tag-mossie","11":"product_tag-ww2-aviation","12":"product_shipping_class-std","14":"first","15":"instock","16":"featured","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple"},"supplier_id":null,"supplier_sku":"","barcode":null,"atum_controlled":true,"out_stock_date":null,"out_stock_threshold":null,"inheritable":false,"inbound_stock":null,"stock_on_hold":0,"sold_today":0,"sales_last_days":1,"reserved_stock":null,"customer_returns":null,"warehouse_damage":null,"lost_in_post":null,"other_logs":null,"out_stock_days":0,"lost_sales":0,"has_location":false,"update_date":"2026-04-16T00:46:14","atum_locations":[],"atum_stock_status":"instock","restock_status":true,"low_stock_amount":"","sales_update_date":"2026-04-16T00:46:14","calc_backorders":null,"yoast_head":"\n