The flak started about four or five minutes before the target and
immediately it was apparent that it was intense and extremely
accurate. Oboe entailed the pilot flying dead straight and level
for ten minutes on the attack run. Suddenly a tremendous flash lit
up the sky about 50 yards ahead of our nose and exactly at our
altitude. Within a tenth of a second we were through the cloud of
dirty yellowish-brown smoke and into the blackness beyond. I shall
never forget the spontaneous reaction of both my pilot and myself.
We turned our heads slowly and looked long and deep into one
anothers eyes - no word was spoken - no words were needed. The
Mosquito was probably World War IIs most versatile combat aircraft.
This book contains hundreds of first-hand accounts from many of the
twoman crews who flew in them; pilots and navigators. It portrays
the dramatic experiences of flying in its many roles as pathfinder,
night fighter, reconnaissance aircraft, precision bombing and
low-level ground attack aircraft. It describes many of the RAFs
most audacious raids on prime but difficult targets where carpet
bombing by heavy bombers was likely to be ineffective and cause
unnecessary casualties to civilians. It is a remarkable record of
the aircraft and the men that flew them.
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