The Mosquito Story (eBook)

Martin W. Bowman (Autor)

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2012 | 1. Auflage
128 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7524-8530-0 (ISBN)

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When de Havilland proposed, in 1938, an unarmed bomber constructed almost entirely from wood, few would have thought it could become one of the most versatile aircraft of the Second World War.The Mosquito easily outran a Spitfire on its test flight and was ordered into mass production, soon proving itself a key weapon in the fight against the Luftwaffe by day and the Nachtjagd by night. Illustrated throughout with previously unpublished photographs, this book tells the story of an aircraft which was for many the perfect synthesis of power and beauty. Author Martin Bowman describes the service histories and daring exploits of the 7,781 examples of the 'Wooden Wonder' which were built in the UK, Canada and Australia.

MARTIN W. BOWMAN is the author of over 100 books on military and commercial aviation as well as photographic books on a variety of subjects. He has participated in German and USAFE air/land and night air/drop missions on C-160 and C-130 Hercules aircraft, and is a frequent contributor to aviation journals in Great Britain, the USA and Australia. In 1999 he was appointed an official researcher for DERA.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.2.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Story of
• Reihe/Serie: Story of
• Reihe/Serie: Story of
• Reihe/Serie: The Story of
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: aeroplane • Airplane • aviation history • Bomber • De Havilland • documentary DVD • one of the most versatile aircraft of world war 2 • RAF 100, the story series • Second World War • the story series • wooden aircraft • wooden plane • World War II • World War Two • ww2 • WWII
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-8530-X / 075248530X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-8530-0 / 9780752485300