I remember the CAACU Mosquitos at Exeter in 1959 when I was learning to fly a Tiger Moth. The sound of the Merlins was wonderful. Then, one day, one of them landed trailing the target towing wire which it had been unable to jettison. The wire pulled down some nearby electrical pylons plunging the surrounding towns into darkness. Here is a memoir of those days by one of the pilots.
Exeter Memories - Doug Johns CAACU