Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission

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The story of one of WW2's most iconic aircraft told through the lens of one incredible, impossible mission The Mosquito was the only plane in WW2 to built from wood, which made it the lightest fastest twin-engined plane of its day and went from design to prototype to production line in 13 months. It was used for all sorts of daredevil raids and as a pathfinder lighting up the way for the endless bombing sorties over Germany from 1941 onwards. This book will tell the story of how one plane planted a bomb on the Gestapo headquarters slap bang in the centre of Copenhagen.

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Exciting and breathtakingly pacy...This is exactly how modern hitory should be written -- Andy McNab
I more than enjoyed it - it could have been written specially for me -- Jeremy Clarkson
A masterwork of narrative history -- Clive Cussler
An utterly compelling war story, brilliantly written -- Simon Winchester

Author Bio

Rowland White is the author of four critically acclaimed works of aviation history- Vulcan 607, Phoenix Squadron, Storm Front and Into the Black, as well as a compendium of aviation, The Big Book of Flight. Born and brought up in Cambridge, he studied Modern History at Liverpool University. In 2014 he launched Project Cancelled to produce apparel inspired by the best in aviation, space and other cool stuff. Find it at projectcancelled.com For more information on Rowland White and his books visit his website at rowlandwhite.com or find him on Twitter at @rowlandwhite