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Sailor.
22nd February 2005, 02:06
Don't know wether to get:-
Mosquitopanik
or:-
The Men Who Flew The Mosquito
:confused:
no4mkit
22nd February 2005, 05:13
Hey Sailor, I'd recommend Mosquitopanik over the other for sure. I have both and found The Men Who Flew The Mosquito very repetitive of the former, so much so that I put it down after a few chapters because I felt I was reading the same book over again. I think Bowman's an outstanding writer but I was a bit annoyed at having bought both books when one borrowed so much from the other.

I'm sure I'll pick up TMWFTM again someday and enjoy it, but if your interested in the nightfighter vs nightfighter war, Mosquitopanik is the one. :cool:
Martin Bull
22nd February 2005, 07:46
The original edition of 'Men Who Flew' I liked, but mainly 'cos the cover featured Coulson's 'Jailbreakers'..... :rolleyes:

Fact is, both books seem to to be 'missing' something, IMHO. One of the best Mosquito books ever hasn't even been published in this country ( :mad: ) ; it's 'The Gestapo Hunters - The Story of 464 Squadron RAAF' published in Aussie by Banner Books.

Fantastic book ! :cool:
uksubs
21st March 2009, 19:40
Picked up this week Mosquito fighter sq by Philip Birtles by Red Kite
uksubs
21st March 2009, 19:42
The original edition of 'Men Who Flew' I liked, but mainly 'cos the cover featured Coulson's 'Jailbreakers'..... :rolleyes:

Fact is, both books seem to to be 'missing' something, IMHO. One of the best Mosquito books ever hasn't even been published in this country ( :mad: ) ; it's 'The Gestapo Hunters - The Story of 464 Squadron RAAF' published in Aussie by Banner Books.

Fantastic book ! :cool:

Got The Gestapo Hunters - The Story of 464 Squadron RAAF from Oz Ebay but some C**T cut out some of the photos :mad:
Martin Bull
21st March 2009, 20:55
Oh - that's bad, very bad....the book has photos which cannot be found in many other books.....:(
ascot
21st March 2009, 21:03
Mosquito by Martin Sharp and Michael J F Bowyer published in 1967 with a forward by Sir Geoffrey de Havilland covers every aspect of the Mossie, it is however quite technical but I for one like that.
Agent X20
21st March 2009, 21:45
Second that... came from the Hatfield Libary aviation section... (which was a complete seperate room in those days..)
von hitchofen
23rd March 2009, 16:58
Hey Sailor, I'd recommend Mosquitopanik over the other for sure.

"Mosquitopanik" is a hybrid of "Mosquito Bomber Units, 1942-45 (Osprey Air Combat 4)" and "Mosquito Fighter Units of World War 2 (Osprey Combat Aircraft 9)"
I had a distinct attack of deja-vu when reading it...in places its a word-for-word lift....:(
fozzy45
23rd March 2009, 21:21
Mosquito by Martin Sharp and Michael J F Bowyer published in 1967 with a forward by Sir Geoffrey de Havilland covers every aspect of the Mossie, it is however quite technical but I for one like that.

I second that. Excellent book that covers the Mozzie in great detail.