Mosquito - The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission

''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