MOSQUITO INTRUDERS, TARGET EUROPE: The RAF's First Elite Night Raider Units

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A vivid history of elite RAF Mosquito intruder squadrons and their daring night operations over occupied Europe. Uses diaries, first-hand accounts, contemporaneous sources, and official records to take the reader through the development of the intruder concept, their early days equipped initially with the Douglas DB-7 Boston and the Mosquito NF II (Special), to the operations of the first three Mosquito intruder squadrons. These three squadrons defended Malta, supported the invasion of Sicily, assisted No. 617 'Dambusters' Squadron on their famous Dortmund-Ems Canal raid, were the first to attack on D-Day, and worked out how to defeat the V1 flying bombs. Contains 50 mono illustrations.