Mosquito

A captivating history ... White used the history of these operations to weave stories of fortitude and courage into the story of a great machine

Daily Telegraph

This is history as it should be written: adrenaline-charged, exciting, impeccably and painstakingly researched with a cast of vividly-drawn characters. Riding through it is among the greatest, most extraordinarily brilliant aircraft of them all: the Mosquito. One of the most gripping works of history I’ve ever read

James Holland

10/10

Helen Fry

Wonderful detail, intricate research and most importantly, powerful & moving human testimony, ensure the reader is gripped from the first page to the last by this incredible story

John Nichol

Believe the plaudits - Mosquito is a wonderful tome ... an addictive, moving and tenaciously researched tale ... his best book to date

Flypast

No dry history, Mosquito reads like a thriller, not just based on fact, but factual in every detail ... this is hard to put down ... Unreservedly recommended

Aviation Historian

White's engaging style has the reader hanging on every line. It's like the best adventure stories except this one is the real thing

Best of British

The pace at which White's narrative runs along and the skill with which he ties together the many strands of his chosen story, are exceptional ... an excellent read, unreservedly recommended

Aeroplane

White immerses the reader in the action from the first page ... a must read

Flight International

Weaving together the story of its evolution with vivid accounts of the crews that flew it and the Special Operations Executive on the ground, Mosquito is both a tribute to the finest aircraft Britain produced during the war and a page-turning thriller about its use as the world’s first precision aerial weapon

Tom Petch, author of Speed Aggression Surprise: The Secret Origins of the SAS

Excellent ... provides thrilling accounts

The Past

Superb ... It is in tales of daring raids that this book excels, with his gift for vivid description, the author goes to the pulsating heart of the action ... a gripping narrative

Daily Express

This book does the Mosquito's memory proud ... Superb

Daily Mirror

Thrilling ... A multi-layered, painstakingly assembled narrative ... Mosquito is an instant classic

Warships IFR

With his usual deft touch and highly readable style White weaves together the stories ... a fascinating insight into one of the aircraft's most dramatic episodes

History of War

A tremendous book ... can't recommend it more highly

We Have Ways podcast

Remarkable and moving ... the important parts of the tale of the development of the "Wooden Wonder" emerge subtly from from a very human story ... White conjures well - as he did in Vulcan 607 - the spirit of the Air Force at the time ... the book is strikingly relevant

RAF News

Exciting and breathtakingly pacy...This is exactly how modern hitory should be written

Andy McNab

I more than enjoyed it - it could have been written specially for me

Jeremy Clarkson

A masterwork of narrative history

Clive Cussler

An utterly compelling war story, brilliantly written

Simon Winchester