Mosquito Intruders - Target Burma
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Mosquito Intruders - Target Burma: The RAF’s Daring Low-Level Mosquito Operations Language:English Format:Hardback Dimensions:6" x 9.2" Pages:288 Photos:32 mono illustrations Publisher:Air World ISBN:9781399052658 Item No. 9781399052658 The exploits of the Mosquito crews in Burma, skimming at low-level and at speed along rivers and over treetops to their targets, are the stuff of legend. Surprisingly, however, only five RAF squadrons ever flew these operations. Mosquito Intruders – Target Burma explores the achievements of these intruder squadrons, as well as the costs to the men who flew and supported them.Their story starts in mid-1943, almost as soon as the fighter-bomber variant of the ‘Mossie’, the iconic de Havilland Mosquito FB VI, had been introduced to squadron service in the UK. The first challenge was to deliver the new aircraft, with its radical wooden construction, to India and build a supply chain to support it.Then, with few dual-control aircraft, they

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