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Mosquito (Paperback)

The Original Multi-Role Combat Aircraft

Aviation > Reference Aviation > WWII Photographic Books WWII

By Graham M. Simons
Imprint: Pen & Sword Aviation
Pages: 256
Illustrations: Approx 480 mono within text
ISBN: 9781783400713
Published: 15th July 2015
Last Released: 31st January 2024

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During the history of aviation there have been very few aircraft that have achieved immediate success when entering front-line service. The de Havilland Mosquito was one such aircraft. It was not designed to an RAF requirement, but was the result of an initiative of the designers and builders to utilise the skills of woodworkers and the relative abundance of wood in the crisis years of World War II. The result was an aeroplane that could be built quickly, was extremely fast and extremely versatile. The pilots loved it. This book describes how it was built and utilizes many hitherto unpublished photographs from the design studio and production lines. It illustrates and explains the many different roles that the aircraft took as the war progressed. Fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, night fighter – there were few tasks that this brilliant design could not adopt.

During the history of aviation there have been very few aircraft that have achieved immediate success when entering front-line service. The de Havilland Mosquito was one such aircraft. It was not designed to an RAF requirement, but was the result of an initiative of the designers and builders to utilise the skills of woodworkers and the relative abundance of wood in the crisis years of World War II. The result was an aeroplane that could be built quickly, was extremely fast and extremely versatile. The pilots loved it. This book describes how it was built and utilises many hitherto unpublished photographs from the design studio and production lines. It illustrates and explains the many different roles that the aircraft took as the war progressed. Fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, night fighter - there were few task that this brilliant design could not adopt.

Model Aircraft Monthly

This is a useful compendium of facts on the Mosquito and is worth adding to anyone's aviation bookshelf.

Aeromilitaria - Winter 2011

As Graham Simons reveals in this latest insight into a remarkable aircraft, there is far more to the wartime service of the "Mossy".

reconnaissance Report

Aircraft historian Mr Simons used extensive contacts to produce 'Mosquito'.

Peterborough Evening Telegraph - March 2011

To most Britain at War readers, the de Havilland Mosquito needs little introduction. Dramatic as such low-level attacks were, there is, as Graham Simons reveals in this latest insight into a remarkable aircraft, far more to the wartime service of the "mossy".

Britain at War - April 2011
 Graham M. Simons

About Graham M. Simons

GRAHAM M. SIMONS was one of the founders of the world-famous aviation museum at Duxford near Cambridge where his interest was piqued watching the making of the film Battle of Britain there in the late 1960s. From this, and with an engineering background, he progressed to membership of a number of aviation societies, including sitting on the British Aviation Preservation Council, eventually taking the position of Engineering Director with one group. Graham combines his love of writing with his skills in production to create and publish aviation histories focused on a variety of subjects.

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