Description
Product ID: | 9781800242296 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Mosquito Men |
Subtitle: | The Elite Pathfinders of 627 Squadron |
Authors: | Author: David Price |
Page Count: | 464 |
Subjects: | History, History, History, Second World War, Aerospace and aviation technology, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Aerospace & aviation technology |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The story of one of the most remarkable – and feared – British aircraft of the Second World War: the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito fighter-bomber. In November 1940, a remarkable prototype aircraft made its maiden flight from an airstrip north of London. Novel in construction and exceptionally fast, the new plane was soon outpacing the Spitfire, and went on to contribute to the RAF''s offensive against Nazi Germany as bomber, pathfinder and night fighter. The men who flew it nicknamed this most flexible of aircraft ''the wooden wonder'' for its composite wooden frame and superb performance. Its more familiar name was the de Havilland Mosquito, and it used lightning speed and agility to inflict mayhem on the German war machine. |
Imprint Name: | Apollo |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-10-13 |