Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2

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Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2

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The third volume in the trilogy of Combat Aircraft titles devoted to de Havilland's 'wooden wonder', this book focuses on the Mosquito photo-recce variants, and their users. The design's superb performance, and ability to escape interception by enemy fighters made the Mosquito the ideal choice for the RAF's then embryonic photographic reconnaissance force. The production standard PR1 subsequently became the first Mosquito variant of any kind to see operational service with the RAF, flying its first sortie [over France] on 20 September 1941. These aircraft flew all manner of bomber support missions ranging from simple post-raid photo-recce to weather checking and experimental H2X radar photo-mapping. All are detailed in this volume.

Table of Contents

Blue Birds Over the White Cliffs/New Horizons/Stars and Stripes/Passage to India/RAF and Commonwealth PR Mosquito Units/Appendices

Product details

Published 15 Jul 1999
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781855328914
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 100 b/w; 40 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Combat Aircraft
Short code COM 13
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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