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The Mosquito in the USAAF

Author : Tony Fairbairn
Publisher : Air World
ISBN 13 : 1399017349
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Mosquito in the USAAF written by Tony Fairbairn and published by Air World. This book was released on 2021-12-22 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of the US’s British aircraft acquisition “examin[es] the role [the USSAF] played in reconnaissance, special operations, and night fighting.” —Air & Space Power History On 20 April 1941, a group of distinguished Americans visited the de Havilland Aircraft Company’s airfield at Hatfield, England. The party was there ostensibly to gain an insight into how various US aircraft supplied to Britain were performing, as well as to observe some of the latest British products being put through their paces. The eighteen types on display included both US and British bombers and fighters. But the star of the day was undoubtedly the de Havilland Mosquito. Having first flown only a few months earlier, the aircraft was demonstrated by none other than Geoffrey de Havilland. Striving to impress the trans-Atlantic visitors, de Havilland provided an outstanding display of speed and manoeuvrability. It was a routine that left the Americans in no doubt as to the Mosquito’s abilities. Following America’s entry into WWII, formal requests for Mosquitoes began in earnest. A steady flow of the photographic reconnaissance version were provided to what would become the USAAF’s 25th Bomb Group at Watton, England. There they served with distinction in a variety of specialist roles. A number of these Mosquitoes served with the 492nd Bomb Group at Harrington and were involved in the so-called “Joan-Eleanor” project. Finally, in 1945, the USAAF received much-anticipated night fighter Mosquitoes which enjoyed combat success with the 416th Night Fighter Squadron in Italy. In this highly illustrated work, the author explores the full story of why the Americans wanted Mosquitoes, how they went about obtaining them, and their noted success and popularity with USAAF units.

Mosquito Aces of World War 2

Author : Andrew Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472801865
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Mosquito Aces of World War 2 written by Andrew Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mosquito developed into one of the most versatile aircraft of World War 2, entering service with Fighter Command in early 1942. The 'Mossie' was soon defending raids on Britain's Cathedral cities and became an integral part of the country's night defences. Its airborne radar gave it the ability to 'see' the enemy at night, and its speed and devastating fire power made it the finest nightfighter deployed by any side during World War 2. This book examines the infamous Mosquito, the nightfighter that was used by many leading RAF, Commonwealth and American aces.

Achtung! Moskito

Author : Martin W. Bowman
Publisher : Schiffer Military
ISBN 13 : 9780764333477
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Achtung! Moskito written by Martin W. Bowman and published by Schiffer Military. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about the Mosquito, but this book features the young pilots and navigators who carried out daring operations against targets in Europe. Their stories are as compelling today as they were over sixty years ago at the height of World War II. The Mosquito was for many the perfect synthesis of power and beauty and arguably the most versatile of all Allied aircraft built during the Second World War. Yet three times the Mosquito project was deleted from Britain's future military plans, only to fight its way into the air and turn in performance figures that left fellow aircraft behind and its critics dumbfounded. Altogether, 7,781 examples of the âWooden Wonder' would be built in no less than forty-three versions. Bomber, day fighter, night fighter, pathfinder, attack aircraft, trainer, reconnaissance aircraft â the Mosquito did it all.

De Havilland Mosquito in R.A.F., F.A.A., R.A.A.F., S.A.A.F., R.N.Z.A.F., R.C.A.F., U.S.A.A.F., French and Foreign Service

Author : Richard Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780850450439
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book De Havilland Mosquito in R.A.F., F.A.A., R.A.A.F., S.A.A.F., R.N.Z.A.F., R.C.A.F., U.S.A.A.F., French and Foreign Service written by Richard Ward and published by . This book was released on 1972-01-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Apollo's Warriors

Author : Michael E. Haas
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780788149832
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book Apollo's Warriors written by Michael E. Haas and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a fascinating insider's view of U.S.A.F. special operations, this volume brings to life the critical contributions these forces have made to the exercise of air & space power. Focusing in particular on the period between the Korean War & the Indochina wars of 1950-1979, the accounts of numerous missions are profusely illustrated with photos & maps. Includes a discussion of AF operations in Europe during WWII, as well as profiles of Air Commandos who performed above & beyond the call of duty. Reflects on the need for financial & political support for restoration of the forces. Bibliography. Extensive photos & maps. Charts & tables.

The de Havilland Mosquito

Author : Michael John Hardy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The de Havilland Mosquito written by Michael John Hardy and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mosquitoes to Wolves

Author : Gary Robert Lester
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781585660339
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Mosquitoes to Wolves written by Gary Robert Lester and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beskriver den historiske udvikling inden for anvendelsen af "Forward Air Control" (FAC).

De Havilland Mosquito in RAF-FAA-RAAF-SAAF-RNZAF-RCAF-USAAF-French & Foreign Service

Author : Francis Kenneth Mason
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book De Havilland Mosquito in RAF-FAA-RAAF-SAAF-RNZAF-RCAF-USAAF-French & Foreign Service written by Francis Kenneth Mason and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Army Air Forces in World War II: Men and planes

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Army Air Forces in World War II: Men and planes written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

De Havilland Mosquito in RAF, FAA, SAAF, RNZAF, RCAF, USAAF, French and Foreign Service

Author : Richard Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book De Havilland Mosquito in RAF, FAA, SAAF, RNZAF, RCAF, USAAF, French and Foreign Service written by Richard Ward and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beaufighters in the Night

Author : Braxton Eisel
Publisher : Pen and Sword Aviation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Beaufighters in the Night written by Braxton Eisel and published by Pen and Sword Aviation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 417th Night Fighter Squadron USAAF was only the fourth such unit to be formed. In the early days of WWII, the US sent observers to England to study how the latest form of air warfare would take shape and it very soon became apparent to them that a night fighting capability was of increasing importance. When they joined the battle against the Reich they found themselves without a suitable American aircraft and were forced to utilize RAF Beaufighters. Having 're-learned to fly' this British design the 417th were sent to North Africa. Most of the ex-RAF aircraft they had inherited were battle weary and no supplies of spares were available through the US supply chain. The squadron found an elderly B-25 bomber, nicknamed the "Strawberry Roan," and they ranged throughout the Mediterranean in search of Beaufighter parts. 417 soon built a healthy score of downed German and Italian aircraft and as the war progressed they were moved to Corsica to support the Italian invasion, After D-Day they were moved to Le Vallon from where they attacked the night-time movements of the German Army. Perhaps their most famous operation was to attack the low flying German Condor that ran the route from the Reich to Spain carrying Nazi gold and treasures.

The Dakota Hunter

Author : Hans Wiesman
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612002595
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Dakota Hunter written by Hans Wiesman and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of a lifelong passion for a WWII aircraft that changed the author’s life: “It is almost like an adventure novel except it is true” (Air Classics). This book tells the story of a Dutch boy who grew up during the 1950s in postwar Borneo, where he had frequent encounters with an airplane, the Douglas DC-3, a.k.a. the C-47 Skytrain or Dakota, of World War II fame. For a young boy living in a remote jungle community, the aircraft reached the proportions of a romantic icon as the essential lifeline to a bigger world for him, the beginning of a special bond. In 1957, his family left the island and all its residual wreckage of World War II, and he attended college in The Hague. After graduation, he started a career as a corporate executive—and met the aircraft again during business trips to the Americas. His childhood passion for the Dakota flared up anew, and the fascination pulled like a magnet. As if predestined, or maybe just looking for an excuse to come closer, he began a business to salvage and convert Dakota parts, which meant first of all finding them. As the demand for these war relic parts and cockpits soared, he began to travel the world to track down surplus, crashed, or derelict Dakotas. He ventured deeper and deeper into remote mountains, jungles, savannas, and the seas where the planes are found, usually as ghostly wrecks but sometimes still in full commercial operation. In hunting the mythical Dakota, he often encountered intimidating or dicey situations in countries plagued by wars or revolts, others by arms and narcotics trafficking, warlords, and conmen. The stories of these expeditions take the reader to some of the remotest spots in the world, but once there, one is often greeted by the comfort of what was once the West’s apex in transportation—however now haunted by the courageous airmen of the past.

Mosquito

Author : C. Martin Sharp
Publisher : Crecy Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780947554415
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (544 download)

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Download or read book Mosquito written by C. Martin Sharp and published by Crecy Pub. This book was released on 1995 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with the Mosquitos operational record and supplemented with tables, drawings, maps and charts. Describes every operational sortie, verifying battle claims wherever possible against Luftwaffe records. Sharp and Bowyer combine their talents to produce this exceptional record of de Havillands legendary Wooden Wonder. Foreword by Sir Geoffrey de Havilland. Fully revised and up-dated.

Mosquito Missions

Author : Martin W. Bowman
Publisher : Pen and Sword Aviation
ISBN 13 : 9781781591673
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Mosquito Missions written by Martin W. Bowman and published by Pen and Sword Aviation. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Wooden Wonder' was probably the most versatile combat aircraft that operated on all fronts in World War Two and was still giving valuable service in first-line service after 1945 when it enjoyed a limited renaissance both at home, in Germany and abroad until the advent of jet aircraft. The author's well-tried formula of using background information interspersed with scores of RAF and Dominion and overseas pilots and navigators' personal narrative is evident once again, as a previously unpublished selection of crew tales takes you raid by raid on night-fighter, fighter-bomber, anti-shipping, path finder, photo-reconnaissance and precision bombing and low-level ground attack operations while carrying full bomb loads or rockets or cannon and machine guns, or no armament at all on photo-reconnaissance missions, in the Middle East and jungles of the Far East where post-war, the Mosquito served as an interim night-fighter and bomber and saw action in a 'messy little war' against Indonesian extremists in the jungles of the Dutch East Indies until 1946. Mosquitoes were operated as a maid of all work on 'Pampa' Met flight duty, reconnaissance and mapping and survey work as well as a high-speed courier service and Sea Mosquitoes were operated by the Royal Navy. Civil Mosquitoes also operated throughout the world and RAF record-breaking attempts saw many more Mosquito achievements in the late 1940s. In the early fifties many Mosquitoes were refurbished for use by foreign air forces. The last RAF Mosquitoes to see RAF service anywhere were the PR. 34As of 81 Squadron at Seletar and the very last Mosquito sortie was a 'Firedog' reconnaissance sortie against two terrorist camps in Malaya on 15 December 1955; fourteen years and three months since the first ever Mosquito operation on 17 September 1941 when another PR machine had photographed Brest and the Spanish-French border.

The Use of Aircraft in the Control of Mosquitoes

Author : American Mosquito Control Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Use of Aircraft in the Control of Mosquitoes written by American Mosquito Control Association and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Queen of the Midnight Skies

Author : Garry R. Pape
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780887404153
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Queen of the Midnight Skies written by Garry R. Pape and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1992 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book chronicles not only the aptly named P-61 "Black Widow", but also the Douglas P-70 series, the P-38 night fighter variants, the Bristol Beaufighter, B-25s and the DeHavilland Mosquito - the proposed XA-26A and the P-39 nightfighters are also discussed. Historical accounts of American night fighter pilots, as well as the complets history of all night fighter squadrons formed during World War II are included, as is the development of radar and modern air defenses. This book is the product of over twenty years of study and research. Its sources include the National Archives, Northrop Aircraft archived, the U.S. Air Force Museum, the Imperial War Museum, the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum and interviews with P-61 test pilots, designers and engineers. Garry Pape's previous works include books on the P-61 and the P-38 night-fighter versions. He is currently employed by Northrop, after years with Hughes and Lockheed, and lives in California. Brig. Gen. Ronald Harrison is an F-16 Wing Commander in the Air Force Reserves, and lives in Georgia as an attorney.

Special Air Warfare and the Secret War in Laos

Author : Air University Press
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781079351712
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Special Air Warfare and the Secret War in Laos written by Air University Press and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of special air warfare and the Air Commandos who served for the ambassadors in Laos from 1964 to 1975 is captured through extensive research and veteran interviews. The author has meticulously put together a comprehensive overview of the involvement of USAF Air Commandos who served in Laos as trainers, advisors, and clandestine combat forces to prevent the communist takeover of the Royal Lao Government. This book includes pictures of those operations, unveils what had been a US government secret war, and adds a substantial contribution to understanding the wider war in Southeast Asia.