MOSQUITO SUMMER

As recalled by Rod Lewis’s example, No 235 Squadron flew the Mosquito successfully as part of the Portreath Wing through the momentous summer of 1944 Finished in the special coastal duties scheme A of extra dark sea grey upper surfaces and sky undersides, No 235 Squadron Mosquito FBVI HR118/3-W was flown from Portreath by Fg Offs Noel Russell and Tom Armstrong to escort frigates on 18 July 1944. TOM ARMSTRONG To help counter Luftwaffe long-range fighters over the Bay of