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Offline SIM

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For the Mosquito Lover
« on: February 01, 2013, 06:57:23 PM »



Found my copy at the local Barnes and Noble.......Well worth the money spent!

This is not a book per say, but more of a special edition periodical.

Can order online at: http://www.kelseyshop.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2600
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Offline shotgunneeley

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Re: For the Mosquito Lover
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2013, 07:16:46 PM »
Quote from: SIM on February 01, 2013, 06:57:23 PM
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Found my copy at the local Barnes and Noble.......Well worth the money spent!

This is not a book per say, but more of a special edition periodical.

Can order online at: http://www.kelseyshop.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2600

Never has an airplane been more aptly named to personify the winged terror with a mouthful of blood-sucking armament that haunts the local river bottom timberlands in ravenous multitudes. Unfortunately, winter merely grounds them for a short time; that is why summer gets old to me very fast.

Is the cover illustration depicting the Oslo raid on a Gestapo HQ?
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Offline Babalonian

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Re: For the Mosquito Lover
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2013, 07:39:12 PM »
Not to hijack, but anyone read "Mosquito: Menacing the Reich" by Martin Bowman?  Newish-book.  I'm thinking of picking it up maybe with my next round of book ordering (paging mr. taxman).
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Re: For the Mosquito Lover
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2013, 09:21:45 PM »
Quote from: shotgunneeley on February 01, 2013, 07:16:46 PM
Is the cover illustration depicting the Oslo raid on a Gestapo HQ?
Amiens prison raid, Operation Jericho, a favorite for artists choosing to paint the Mossie in action.
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Offline Scherf

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Re: For the Mosquito Lover
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2013, 05:00:41 AM »
Quote from: Babalonian on February 01, 2013, 07:39:12 PM
Not to hijack, but anyone read "Mosquito: Menacing the Reich" by Martin Bowman?  Newish-book.  I'm thinking of picking it up maybe with my next round of book ordering (paging mr. taxman).

Bowman's stuff can be pretty hit-and-miss, a touch of the old cut and paste. Some stuff rehashed from previous books, some ORB/Combat report stuff, some interviews.

On my list is Norman Malayney's book on the USAAF's 25th BG, which corrects many previous errors (mostly from Bowman, that man again) and a book by a fellow named J.P. Ducellier which takes a new look at the Amiens raid.
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... missions were to be met by the commitment of alerted swarms of fighters, composed of Me 109's and Fw 190's, that were strategically based to protect industrial installations. The inferior capabilities of these fighters against the Mosquitoes made this a hopeless and uneconomical effort. 1.JD KTB

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Re: For the Mosquito Lover
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2013, 05:19:23 AM »
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Re: For the Mosquito Lover
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2013, 05:56:51 AM »
Heheheh, yeah, that''s a good one Never knew how long he'd been cartooning until I saw that one.
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... missions were to be met by the commitment of alerted swarms of fighters, composed of Me 109's and Fw 190's, that were strategically based to protect industrial installations. The inferior capabilities of these fighters against the Mosquitoes made this a hopeless and uneconomical effort. 1.JD KTB

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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2013, 06:05:40 AM »
He started drawing at the start of the war when working for a small local paper .  He drew some wonderful wartime cartoons .
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Re: For the Mosquito Lover
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2013, 06:14:36 AM »
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Re: For the Mosquito Lover
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2013, 12:53:31 PM »
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Mosquito VI - twice the spitfire, four times the ENY.

Click!>> "So, you want to fly the wooden wonder" - <<click!
the almost incomplete and not entirely inaccurate guide to the AH Mosquito.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGOWswdzGQs

Offline MrRiplEy[H]

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Re: For the Mosquito Lover
« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2013, 12:54:34 PM »
Mosquito lover - the very definition of needle dick  :P
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Re: For the Mosquito Lover
« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2013, 10:24:35 PM »
Quote from: bozon on February 02, 2013, 12:53:31 PM
currently reading this:
http://www.amazon.com/SEPARATE-LITTLE-WAR-Kreigsmarine-Luftwaffe/dp/1906502137/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359830894&sr=8-1

Very good.



I have that one, is indeed very good. There was some talk of Andy Bird doing a Second Edition, putting in all the stuff the publishers omitted from the first - is there any mention in your book along those lines? I'm tempted to order a copy, but it makes little sense if it's the same one I already have.
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... missions were to be met by the commitment of alerted swarms of fighters, composed of Me 109's and Fw 190's, that were strategically based to protect industrial installations. The inferior capabilities of these fighters against the Mosquitoes made this a hopeless and uneconomical effort. 1.JD KTB

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Re: For the Mosquito Lover
« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2013, 11:28:09 PM »
Kiwigrin's video from Wings over Wairarapa

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CffNMxsGeoo

the Mossie is about 5 minutes in
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Re: For the Mosquito Lover
« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2013, 09:59:22 AM »
Quote from: phatzo on February 02, 2013, 11:28:09 PM
Kiwigrin's video from Wings over Wairarapa

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CffNMxsGeoo

the Mossie is about 5 minutes in
There is no end to this plane's awesomeness. The people who built KA114 have 70 virgins waiting for them in paradise.
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Mosquito VI - twice the spitfire, four times the ENY.

Click!>> "So, you want to fly the wooden wonder" - <<click!
the almost incomplete and not entirely inaccurate guide to the AH Mosquito.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGOWswdzGQs

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Re: For the Mosquito Lover
« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2013, 07:50:53 PM »
Quote from: bozon on February 03, 2013, 09:59:22 AM
There is no end to this plane's awesomeness. The people who built KA114 have 70 virgins waiting for them in paradise.
brilliant job
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