Mosquito by Rowland White

[heisthegaffer]

Hi all

Saw today that Rowland White is releasing a book on the mosquito in October. If its as good as his other books, it'll be a cracker.

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[Eric Mc]

I have all his books so this will be added to my library

[Stick Legs]

Mosquito 633 surely…

[Eric Mc]

I presume it will be based on the real exploits of the Mosquito rather than fictitious ones.

[Stick Legs]

Eric Mc said:

I presume it will be based on the real exploits of the Mosquito rather than fictitious ones.

Of course, you are quite correct; Mosquito 627 in that case.

[Eric Mc]

The real missions were every bit as impressive (in fact, more so) than the pretend missions depicted in "633 Squadron" (and "Mosquito Squadron" as well).

[Jake899]

did the real missions have a busty barmaid?

[Eric Mc]

They may very well have.

[PinkTornado]

He's a good author but his book on the Shuttle Columbia was riddled with silly errors, which was a shame.

[Eric Mc]

I thought his Shuttle book was pretty good.

It was the first book I read which demonstrated how much the Shuttle was as much a Department of Defense and CIA project as it was a NASA project. In particular, it outlined the political machinations that were required between 1970 and 1972 to get the Shuttle programme up and running.

[Yertis]

I find his books quite difficult to read, the narrative jumps about too much for me.

But, he's a best-seller and making any money out of writing books is tough.

[heisthegaffer]

I loved Vulcan 607 and into the Black. Absolutely brilliant.