Quick facts for kids DH.98 Mosquito |
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Mosquito B Mk IV serial DK338 before delivery to 105 Squadron. This aircraft was used on several of 105 Squadron's low-altitude daylight bombing operations during 1943. |
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National origin |
United Kingdom |
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Manufacturer |
de Havilland Aircraft Company |
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First flight |
25 November 1940 |
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Introduction |
15 November 1941 |
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Retired |
1963 |
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Status |
Retired |
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Primary users |
Royal Air Force
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Produced |
1940–1950 |
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Number built |
7,781 |
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Unit cost |
£9,100 (1951) |
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The De Havilland Mosquito is a British aircraft from the World War II. The Mosquito was a successful design. Originally intended to be a bomber, the type was very fast, could fly a long way and carry heavy loads. Therefore, it was and it was adapted to a number of other roles such as fighter, night fighter, night intruder, attack, reconnaissance and pathfinder.
Images for kids
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Construction concepts pioneered in the DH.88 Comet were later used in the Mosquito.
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One of de Havilland's proposals was to adapt the de Havilland Albatross design to create a fast bomber.
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1943 advertisement for de Havilland taken from Flight & Aircraft Engineer magazine highlights the speed of the B Mk IV.
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Mosquito prototype W4050 landing after a test flight on 10 January 1941: Four test flights were flown that day.
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W4050 being restored at the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre near St Albans
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B Mk IV nose closeup showing bombsight, clear nose, engine nacelles and undercarriage
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A preserved Mosquito at the U.S. Air Force Museum (former TT Mk 35 which was restored to B Mk XVI configuration). Note the air and oil coolant radiators in the leading edge of the wing, intake for the two-stage Merlin's intercooler radiator behind the propeller blade, and the carburettor intake with ice guard behind and below.
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A view into the bomb bay showing the brick-red coloured twin fuel tanks fitted into the fuselage
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Bombing of the Gestapo headquarters in the Shellhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, in March 1945. A Mosquito pulling away from its bombing run is visible on the extreme left, centre.
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A de Havilland Mosquito of the RAF Banff Strike Wing attacking a convoy evacuating German troops in the Kattegat on 5 April 1945. A flak ship and a trawler were sunk.
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Loading photoflash bombs onto a PR Mk XVI of No. 140 Squadron RAF at B58/Melsbroek, Belgium, circa 1944–1945
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Mosquito B Mk IV Series 2, DK338, built in September 1942 and delivered to 105 Squadron, becoming GB-O.
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B Mk IV (modified) of No. 692 Squadron, showing bulged bomb bay doors to accommodate the 4,000lb Cookie.
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Mosquito F Mk II in India circa 1943
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Mosquito NF Mk II W4092 of 157 Squadron, January 1944. Just visible is part of the aerial array for the A.I. Mk IV near the wingtip.
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NF Mk XIII of 256 Squadron, with the "bull nose", caught in the beam of a Chance light on the main runway at Foggia, Italy, before taking off on a night intruder sortie.
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Swedish Air Force NF.XIX operational in 1949.
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Guns and bombs of an RAAF FB Mk VI
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An FB Mk VI NS898 of 613 Squadron, June 1944, shows full invasion stripes and is well weathered through operational use.
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Mosquito FB Mk XVIII NT225 of 248 Squadron Special Detachment. Note the 57 mm Molins gun and streamlined blister used to accommodate the automatic loading mechanism.
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B Mk XX, the Canadian version of B Mk IV. One of the 40 USAAF F-8s.
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Mosquito FB Mk 40 A52-50.
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B Mk IV DK336 of 105 Squadron being prepared for Operation Oyster, December 1942. This aircraft crashed near Shipham while returning from Cologne on 27 January 1943
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De Havilland Mosquito KA114 at the "Wings over Wairarapa" Airshow, Masterton, New Zealand (January 2013)
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