It was only the \u2018above average\u2019 pilots and navigators who were invited to volunteer for what was some of the most challenging, daring and rewarding flying operations of the Second World War. Their role was to take Mosquitos at low level through the night across Europe to loiter near a Luftwaffe airfield to attack and shoot down returning enemy bombers or night fighters.<\/p>\n
The Mosquito intruders\u2019 story starts during the Battle of Britain, when RAF planners noticed a few German interlopers \u2018hiding\u2019 in the returning bomber streams, so that they could attack landing RAF aircraft. They recognised that this was a tactic the RAF could also employ.<\/p>\n
To exploit this concept properly, the RAF needed the right equipment, training programme and airmen. Each would take time to establish. It was not until mid-1943, with the superior performance and capabilities of the iconic de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB VI, that the intruders\u2019 full impact would at last be felt. The first three intruder squadrons, Nos. 23, 418 and 605, were the elite of the elite. Their \u2018Battle Honours\u2019 demonstrate their contribution to delivering victory over the Axis forces.<\/p>\n
Mosquito Intruders \u2013 Target Europe uses diaries, first-hand accounts, contemporaneous sources, and official records to take the reader through the development of the intruder concept, their early days equipped initially with the Douglas DB-7 Boston and the Mosquito NF II (Special), to the operations of the first three Mosquito intruder squadrons. These three squadrons defended Malta, supported the invasion of Sicily, assisted No. 617 \u2018Dambusters\u2019 Squadron on their famous Dortmund-Ems Canal raid, were the first to attack on D-Day, and worked out how to defeat the V1 flying bombs. They were led from the front, and through example, by larger-than-life fighter aces.<\/p>\n
The Mosquito demanded respect and could take punishment. Beautifully balanced, fast and with a powerful punch, for most of the aircrew, it was the aircraft of their dreams. By the end of Mosquito Intruders \u2013 Target Europe, you will understand why!<\/p>\n
Hardback, signed by Jeremy<\/p>\n
Pages: 272
\nIllustrations: 50 mono illustrations<\/p>\n
About Jeremy Walsh<\/b><\/p>\n
This story of a young intruder pilot\u2019s war is revealed by JEREMY WALSH through his father\u2019s own words. Jeremy was commissioned as an officer in the RAF, studied aeronautical engineering at university and trained to be a pilot. Jeremy is a keen Volunteer and supporter of The People’s Mosquito.<\/p>\n
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