Wooden Mosquito Airplane Manufacturing in Australia -1944 de Havilland DH98

[rawickett]

My father went into the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1939 after graduating as a chemical engineer from U of Toronto. He was not a pilot but repaired and flew in them. I read if one had a 3 minute head start an ME109 couldn't catch them. Had two Rolls Royce Merlin engines --what the Spitfire had. Some of the wood was balsa which I imagine kept it light.

[Marnie1946]

My father helped to build Mosquito wings in North London during WWII.  He bragged about the all wood plane and was proud to be part of its manufacture

[Skilledman89]

impressive

[MrBobbyDan]

Being labour intensive it the manufacturing process employed a lot of people.

[russthebiker]

although wood can be heavier than alloy and other metals wood was not in short supply in wartime, also it was much easier to make

[nixthematrix]

This might sound ridiculous, but I once read an article that proposed that the De Havilland Mosquito, though claimed to be made of wood, was actually made of metal like any other plane, to trick the Germans into wasting millions of Deutschmarks and years of research trying to develop a German equivalent out of wood. Sounds to me like something the English would do.

[johnnyboy1mc]

My Grand father [ Doug Hunter ] was the Engineering Director for DH in Canada he came to Canada in 1939 to build the Mosquito I have hundreds of photo on the build plus all of the test's that were done Thank you ever so much for uploading this video

[thegoosebrain]

I would have thought wood was heavier than aluminum.

[charlessmyth]

Flying tea chest, Scarey :-)

[zx7gp]

most of the bodies and wings were built in Vancouver,B.C.Canada.Gorgeous aircraft

[iNTheGameReviews]

:D my great uncle Ronald E Bishop Was chief designer of this wonderful plane :)

[datzfast]

@iNTheGameReviews i hope you were able to meet him, or had he passed on?

[TigerIPanzer]

what a tit that guy is...there's no such word as 'fuselige'

[g7870]

Excellent video. Would like to know how the engine support cradle is attached to the wooden frame.

[maggy59]

This plane was called "The Wooden Wonder". There are 2 films made of the exploits of this wonderful plane. One is the famous film--"633 Squadron"--the other is a film called i think "Mosquito Squdron". It was one of the fastest planes in the war and was much loved by it's pilots.

[liveonearth]

is that a propaganda video ?

[Studmasterify]

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[mosquito1958]

@Studmasterify you need to study history more ....

[koringeo]

yeh when they caught on fire the pilots had no chance...

[24257180]

Maybe crazy but it worked, it was fast had a good payload and could take a lot of damage, and it looked spectacular

[bassman123432]

thats crazy a wooden plane!

[ind347]

Fantastic! Thanks for posting this.