Issue 10 - de Havilland Mosquito: Contents
By: Web Editor
The ‘Wooden Wonder’ was without doubt one of the most versatile combat aircraft of the Second World War. In this issue we examine all of the variants of this much modified machine and place the reader in the cockpit. From anti-shipping strikes in the fjords of Norway to the jungle heat of the Far East, we tell the whole story of this elegant machine and the men who flew her.
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito
6 Legend understood
8 Ancestors and evolution
14 Mosquito prototypes and testing
20 The Bombers
26 10,000 Cookies
32 The Fighters, Night Fighters and Fighter Bombers
40 Flying the supreme Night Fighter
46 American Mosquito Night Fighters
54 The Banff Strike Wing
62 Diver destroyer
66 Alone and unarmed
76 Inside the Mosquito
86 The Trainers
88 The Mosquito abroad
94 The ball bearing run
100 The story of a Pathfinder
104 Oddball Mosquitos
108 Mosquito variants at a glance
118 Mosquito to fly again
120 Jay Leno’s Mosquito Merlin
122 Survivors
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• Next issue on sale: 25th May 2012
