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

While this is a well-written account of Danish resistance during WWII, the Mosquito plays a small and important part at the end of the war. At least 2/3 of this nearly 400 page book deals with the struggles of the Danish resistance and the German attempts to suppress it.It is not a history of the Mosquito aircraft.Recommended with reservations.

The main focus is on people in the Danish underground during WW2 not the aircraft itself.

This is going to a friend, and I'm absolutely sure he will love it!!!Taking bloody forever, however ...

Amazing book, I could not put it down very descriptive and well written, focusing more on the secret operations rather than the mechanics, brilliant!

Just A brilliant read. It's hard to appreciate just how spectacularly successful the DH Mosquito was when looking back over 80 years of legend and history, but Rowland White succeeds in conveying some of the sheer magic of flying and operating this revolutionary aircraft which couldn't have appeared at a more opportune time.Sleek, impossibly fast and unlimited in versatility, this account really does bring this fabulous aeroplane to life in its proper context.Beautifully written, the final account of Operation CARTHAGE reads like a page-turning thriller.A really super book that should be essential reading for any aviation or history fan.

History written as a thriller

Il titolo è fuorviante: il libro NON parla del Mosquito, l'aereo della seconda guerra mondiale, ma parla della resistenza danese durante quel conflitto. Questo movimento fu sostenuto dagli Inglesi, la cui aeronautica compì dei bombardamenti contro obiettivi segnalati dai Danesi, come quello del quartier generale della Gestapo di Copenaghen, compiuto (ecco il titolo!) da bombardieri Mosquito e che costò la vita a decine di civili, soprattutto bambini.Quindi, se vi interessa un libro sulla resistenza danese, questo è un buon libro. Se però pensate di trovare un libro che parli dell'aereo Mosquito e dei suoi piloti, sulla falsariga di Spitfire o Lancaster di John Nichol, allora no, questo libro non fa decisamente per voi.