DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO
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Revised edition with completely updated text and over 50 new photographs
Characteristics
| ISBN-10 | 0947554769 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Perfect Paperback |
| Condition | Like New |
| Author(s) | Stuart Howe |
| Publisher | Crécy Publishing Limited |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Published date | 1999, Revised edition with completely updated text and over 50 new photographs |
| Language(s) | English |
| Collection / Series | Crécy illustrated |
| Size | 20 x 27 x 1,4 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • APPAREILS - CONSTRUCTEURS |
Description
A private venture aircraft, the much-loved Mosquito was possibly the most versatile of all British aircraft of the 2nd World War. Revolutionary in its wood construction, the de Havilland Mosquito played a vital role in the war combining the manoeuvrability of a fighter with the payload of a medium bomber. It contributed to the war as a fighter, an unarmed bomber, a reconnaissance aircraft and its different versions included the Sea Mosquito, the first British twin-engined aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier.
In this volume, Stuart Howe, lifelong Mosquito enthusiast and former Director of the thriving Mosquito Aircraft Museum at Salisbury Hall, traces the fascinating development of the Mosquito from its first flight in November 1940 through to its production and many variants. He also outlines the Mosquito's varied uses in post-war days in roles ranging from oil prospecting and air racing to aerial survey.
This revised edition is published with completely updated text and over 50 additional photographs as well as a superb selection of rare colour photographs of the Mosquito.