Best Book.

[Sailor.]

I intend to buy one book about Mosquitos, with a leaning toward the personal accounts of the Heroes that flew them.
If you could only take one Mossie book on holiday which one would be your read?

[Johnny Red]

‘The Men Who Flew the Mosquito’ by Martin Bowman (Pen and Sword books ) should do it.

Brace yourself for the ‘I don’t know why you even bothered to come away with us –all you do is read that ****** book all day’ comments from stage left.

[Martin Bull]

I'd go with Johnny Red's suggestion as it's easiest to find.

Best Mossie book of all for my money is 'The Gestapo Hunters' by Mark Lax/Leon Kane-Maguire, recently reprinted by Banner Books of Australia.
An absolutely superb book with many personal accounts and photos of the low-level raids.

Another good one is 'A Separate Little War' by Andrew D Bird ( Grub Street, 2003 ) which does much the same for the Banff Strike Wing.

[Typhoon-MKV]

Thanks for the tips - was meaning to buy a mossie book as I had seen a few on the bookstalls at the Airshows - but floundered as to which to go for.

[Agent X20]

Mossie book as in factual.. about the aircraft, i.e. from start to finish.... or factual about the missions or even fiction.... (gawd 633 Sqn is a boring read..) ??

Mosquito by Sharp and Bower (to me) was the definitive Mossie history...

but hey if you want a list of Mossie books.. get over to the Mossie site..

http://www.mossie.org/books/Mosquito_books.php?page=M#MS&B

Come back when you have read em all and we will test you..!! :D

[Sailor.]

Question 1.
Wot's dodgy about Gibson and his Nav being buried side by side in the cemetery at Steenburgen?

[Sailor.]

Settled for these two from Pen and Sword.
The Men Who Flew the Mosquito.
Mosquitopanik!

[Johnny Red]

Wot's dodgy about Gibson and his Nav being buried side by side in the cemetery at Steenburgen?

I believe that they were originally interred in a single coffin – apparently what was found after the crash and fire was hardly enough to fill the box of AA32801.
Gibson was not formally identified as the second crewmember until after the war.

[Sailor.]

Close Johnny but no ceegar. :(
They were, as you state, buried together in one box. Squadron Leader J.B. Warwick was Catholic while Wing Commander Guy Gibson wasn't.

[ascot]

What about Night Fighter ace by Tony Spooner about Bob Braham & Sticks Gregory.

[minter]

ascot your back!...long time no post