How One Mechanic's "Illegal" Engine Trick Made Mosquito Bombers Outrun Every German Fighter
How One Mechanic's "Illegal" Engine Trick Made Mosquito Bombers Outrun Every German Fighter
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The De Havlin mosquito shouldn't have worked. By every measure of conventional military thinking, in 1938, Jeffrey De Havlin's proposal was absurd. A bomber built almost entirely from wood, carrying no defensive armament, relying solely on speed to survive. The Air Ministry's response was predictable. Polite rejection. Metal was the future. Wood be... Read More
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