Author: Phillip H. AultPublisher:
ISBN: 9780437224903
Category : Mosquitoes
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Wonders of the Mosquito World
Author: Phillip H. AultPublisher:
ISBN: 9780437224903
Category : Mosquitoes
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Wonders of the Mosquito World
Author: Phil AultWonders of the Mosquito World, By Phil Ault
Author: Phillip H. AultPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mosquitoes
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Half Hours in the Tiny World
Author: The Mosquito in the Usaaf
Author: Tony FairbairnPublisher: Air World
ISBN: 9781399017336
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
On 20 April 1941, a group of distinguished Americans headed by the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, John Winant, and which included Major General Henry 'Hap' Arnold, Chief of the US Army Air Corps, visited the de Havilland Aircraft Company's airfield at Hatfield, England. The party was there ostensibly to gain an insight into how various US aircraft supplied to Britain were performing, as well as to observe some of the latest British products being put through their paces. The eighteen types on display included both US and British bombers and fighters. But the star of the day was undoubtedly the de Havilland Mosquito. Having first flown only a few months earlier, on 25 November 1940, the aircraft that was put through its paces was flown by none other than Geoffrey de Havilland. Striving to impress the trans-Atlantic visitors, de Havilland provided an outstanding display of speed and manoeuvrability. It was a routine that impressed the Americans and left them in no doubt as to the Mosquito's abilities. Though the visitors harboured doubts about an aircraft made of wood, they returned to the United States with full details of the design. The Mosquito had also caught the eye of Elliott Roosevelt, son of the US President and a serving officer in the USAAC. An early specialist in military aerial mapping and reconnaissance, 'ER' swiftly realized the value of the Mosquito in the reconnaissance role and began lobbying vigorously for its acquisition. The Air Ministry duly noted 'ER's' interest and influence. Following America's entry into the war, formal requests for Mosquitoes began in earnest in 1942. Initial deliveries for evaluation purposes in the United States soon followed in June 1943, the aircraft initially being supplied by de Havilland Canada. From February 1944 a steady flow of the photographic reconnaissance version, from Hatfield, were provided to what would become the USAAF's 25th Bomb Group at Watton, England. There they served with distinction in a variety of specialist roles, including day and night photography, weather reconnaissance, 'chaff' (Window) dropping, scouting for the bomber force, raid assessment, and filming of special weapons projects. A number of these Mosquitoes, serving with the 492nd Bomb Group at Harrington, were involved in the so-called 'Joan-Eleanor' project, working with OSS secret agents on the Continent. Finally, in 1945, the USAAF received much-anticipated night fighter Mosquitoes which enjoyed combat success with the 416th Night Fighter Squadron in Italy. In this highly illustrated work, the author explores the full story of why the Americans wanted Mosquitoes, how they went about obtaining them, and their noted success and popularity with USAAF units.
Mosquito
Author: Andrew SpielmanPublisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 0786871822
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Now in paperback--a fascinating work of popular science from a world-renowned expert on mosquitoes and a prize-winning reporter. In this lively and comprehensive portrait of the mosquito, its role in history, and its threat to mankind, Spielman and D'Antonio take a mosquito's-eye view of nature and man. They show us how mosquitoes breed, live, mate, and die, and introduce us to their enemies, both natural and man-made. The authors present tragic and often grotesque examples of how the mosquito has insinuated itself into human history, from the malaria that devastated invaders of ancient Rome to the current widespread West Nile fever panic. Filled with little-known facts and remarkable anecdotes that bring this tiny being into larger focus, Mosquito offers fascinating, alarming, and convincing evidence that the sooner we get to know this pesky insect, the better off we'll be.
De Havilland Mosquito
Author: Jonathan FalconerPublisher: Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN: 9780857333605
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Nicknamed the ‘wooden wonder’ , the de Havilland Mosquito was one of the most versatile and successful combat aircraft of the Second World War. Offering insights into the design, construction and operational career of the iconic Mossie, this manual gets under the aircraft’s birch and balsa skin to examine its anatomy and describe the painstaking restoration to flight by Avspecs (New Zealand) of Jerry Yagen’s FB26 KA114 and of Victoria Air Maintenance’s B35 VR796 in British Columbia, Canada.
Nature's Wonder-workers: Being Some Short Life-histories in the Insect World
Author: Kate R. LovellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insects
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Mosquito!
Author: Joseph HollidayPublisher: Doubleday Canada ; Garden City, N.Y : Doubleday
ISBN:
Category : Mosquito (Bombers)
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (Text Only Edition)
Author: Deborah CadburyPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007388926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
From the best-selling author of THE DINOSAUR HUNTERS and THE LOST KING OF FRANCE comes the story of how our modern world was forged – in rivets, grease and steam; in blood, sweat and human imagination.