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Remarks: The third volume in the trilogy of Combat Aircraft titles devoted to de Havilland's 'wooden wonder', this book focuses on the Mosquito photo-recce variants, and their users. The design's superb performance, and ability to escape interception by enemy fighters made the Mosquito the ideal choice for the RAF's then-embryonic photographic reconnaissance force. The production standard PR1 subsequently became the very first Mosquito variant of any kind to see operational service with the RAF, flying its very first sortie [over France] on 20 September 1941. No 1 PRUS was the primary user of the recce Mosquito in 1941-42, its aircraft ranging all over occuped Europe providing photographic intelligence primarily for Bomber Command's growing nocturnal campaign. Overseas, photo-Mosquitoes also saw service in the Mediterranean and the Far East [from December 1943]. Aside from its use with the RAF, a modest number of photo-Mosquitoes also saw extensive service with the USAAF's Eighth Air Force in Western Eur
