Des Curtis was one of the founder members of 618 Squadron. Formed
within days of the illustrious 617, 618's primary objective was to
mount a daylight low-level attack by Mosquitos on the German
battleship Tirpitz within hours of the attack on the Ruhr dams. The
operation, code named Operation Servant, was given top security
classification, to the point where the subject was excluded from
the minutes of the meetings of the Chiefs of Staff of the air and
naval forces. The author reveals the dilemmas and conflicting
priorities existing to the highest levels, setting out in detail
the technicalities of developing the 'bouncing bomb'. He also
writes first hand about the tactical problems of getting to and
from the target; and the tensions and strains endured by the
Mosquito crews themselves, as they took the war to the German
U-Boats within the sight and safety of their bases.
REVIEWS
"A nicely compiled and presented title that puts the Mosquito
into a new perspective and how its crews rose to the missions even
when the mission seemed elusive."Cybermodeler.com, 04/2010
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