Mosquito Down!
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Mosquito Down!

The Extraordinary Memoir of a Second World War Bomber Command Pilot on the Run in Germany and Holland.

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Mosquito Down!

The Extraordinary Memoir of a Second World War Bomber Command Pilot on the Run in Germany and Holland.

About this book

Frank Dell’s experience as a Second World War pilot with the Royal Air Force’s Light Night Striking Force takes an even more dramatic turn when his Mosquito is shot down over Germany on the night of 14/15 October 1944. In Mosquito Down Frank recounts his escape from the disintegrating aircraft, his descent by parachute, and how, battered and bruised, he finds himself in a field adjacent to a German V2 rocket launch pad. Determined to avoid capture Frank crosses Nazi Germany and finds refuge in Holland with a Dutch Resistance group. A schoolboy when the conflict broke out, Frank Dell’s extraordinary war takes him from a Home Guard unit defending the English coast against enemy invasion in 1940, to a tragic incident leading to the execution of Dutch civilians only weeks before the end of the hostilities. Frank’s observant eye gives insight into what it is like to train and fly operationally with RAF Bomber Command, followed by the even greater challenges he confronts as he narrowly escapes capture while on the run from the Germans. Through compelling narrative Frank Dell shares his unique story with honesty and candor, finding humor and camaraderie. He emerges from his traumatic experiences with heightened respect for the courageous Dutch families who risked death to shelter him and other Allied airmen.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. 1 Shot Down
  7. 2 Parents and Childhood
  8. 3 The Outbreak of War
  9. 4 The Home Guard
  10. 5 The Royal Air Force and Training in the United States
  11. 6 Returning to England
  12. 7 The Air War
  13. 8 Flying Mosquitoes
  14. 9 My First Operation
  15. 10 On an Operational Squadron
  16. 11 On the Run
  17. 12 Discovery
  18. 13 Joining the Resistance
  19. 14 Resistance Work
  20. 15 The Prinzens
  21. 16 Night-time Expeditions
  22. 17 Back to the Prinzens
  23. 18 Efforts to Return and New Arrivals
  24. 19 The German Soldiers at De Berk
  25. 20 A Final Test and Liberation
  26. 21 My Life after the War
  27. 22 Other Post-war Histories
  28. 23 Reflections
  29. Appendix I – Glossary and Acronyms
  30. Appendix II – De Haviland Mosquito Specification
  31. Endnotes
  32. Plate section