Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780552178006
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2024
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK


Description:
The incredible story of one of WW2's most iconic aircraft told through one impossible mission by the master of the aviation thriller

'Captivating' Daily Telegraph

'Stunning' James Holland

'Superb' Daily Express

'Wonderful' John Nichol

'Remarkable' RAF News

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Built of lightweight wood, powered by two growling Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, impossibly aerodynamic, headspinningly fast and armed to the teeth, the de Havilland Mosquito was the war-winning wonder that should never have existed- the aircraft the RAF didn't think it wanted then couldn't do without.




Flying on operations barely eighteen months after a single prototype was ordered off the drawing board, it was the answer to its pilots' prayers- a stunningly versatile warplane capable of leaving the Luftwaffe in its wake to attack when and where the enemy was least expecting it.




Excelling as a spyplane, night-fighter and pathfinder for Bomber Command's heavies the Mossie's reputation was cemented by a series of daredevil bombing raids across occupied Europe, including on Berlin itself, where only surprise, speed and precision could ensure success.




So when Churchill's top secret Special Operations Executive needed to destroy the Gestapo HQ in the centre of downtown Copenhagen to prevent a devastating Nazi last stand that might prolong the war for many months, there was only one machine for the job.



This is the story of that legendary aircraft told through that one impossible mission.




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