The de Havilland Mosquito (by Mike Lepine)
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The de Havilland Mosquito: History of a Legend is a fascinating telling of the development of the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, a British twin-engine light bomber introduced during the Second World War.
This lavishly illustrated large format, hardcover book is the ultimate guide to the development of the airplane and the many variants of the Mosquito and the various missions it flew during the Second World War, including in the Battle for Normandy and on D-Day.
The Mosquito was as fast as the German Luftwaffe fighters that opposed it. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the ‘Wooden Wonder’, or ‘Mossie’. The Mosquito was often flown in special raids, such as Operation Jericho (an attack on Amiens Prison in early 1944), and precision attacks against military intelligence, security and facilities such as the Gestapo headquarters.
On January 30, 1943, the 10th anniversary of Hitler being made chancellor and the Nazis gaining power, a morning Mosquito attack knocked out the main Berlin broadcasting station while Hermann Göring was speaking, taking his speech off the air.
