De haviland MOSQUITO

de Havilland Mosquito was a British combat aircraft that excelled in a number of roles during the Second World War. It served with the RAF and many other air forces both in the Second World War and postwar .

The Mosquito was a twin-engine aircraft, powered by a pair of Rolls-Royce Merlins with the pilot and navigator sitting side by side. Unorthodox in design, it used a plywood structure of spruce and balsa in a time when wooden construction was considered outmoded. In the conceptual design stage, de Havilland designers found that adding any defensive armament would significantly reduce the aircraft's maximum speed. Realising that the loss in performance was not worth the benefit, the initial bomber version was designed without any guns. The Mosquito was a very versatile aircraft; originally conceived as a fast day bomber, the various roles of the Mosquito included: tactical bomber, pathfinder, day or night fighter, fighter-bomber, intruder, maritime strike and photo reconnaissance aircraft.

The Mosquito inspired admiration from all quarters, including the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, Hermann Göring. Göring was due to address a parade in Berlin in the morning of 30 January 1943, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Nazis' being voted into power. The low level attack of three 105 Squadron Mosquito B Mk. IV on the main Berlin broadcasting station put Reichsmarschall Göring off the air for more than an hour, as he was about to launch into a scheduled speech.

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[BigChiefMullet]

Thats right, and the Canadians were as fine Pilots as they were Soldiers and Sailors. IMO

[HermannGoering]

Technoshit soundtrack ruins it. This "music" is for head banging morons

[seal201111]

This is a British built and designed plane, Canadians can stop claiming achievments of others again (they also think they burnt down the white house). 8,000 were built in the United Kingdom, and only 1,000 were built in North america, 300 were also built in Australia

[nowaykiwi]

@notrut Actually I'm 48yrs old and i think the music fits well with the power and prowess of such a awesum warbird....

[thorshammer]

@HermannGoering - Lets hope you go the same way as your namesake. This 'head banging moron' enjoyed it.

[thorshammer]

Fantastic soundtrack for the footage.

[notrut]

Er, wrong music for 1940s plonker, where's Glenn Miller? You've ruined it.

[slowstrummer1]

Are all of you idiots? The mosquito was made in the UK, and also by De Havilland in Ontario Canada, as well as Australia.

Read and learn dummy.

[sxzoo]

I live 4 miles from Salisbury Hall, the home of the De Havilland Mosquito, this a place worth a visit as it has the prototype mossie in yellow !! and Fb version and photo recky version!!

[datzfast]

the vast majority were built 100 percent in

england. its on the internet. dont let bullies jerk you around.

[datzfast]

yep General Motors of Canada made 1000 fuselages of which 500 made it to the war effort.

[popskix]

Strange comments. I live almost next door to the factory where the Mosquito was built! (that's in Britain, not North Amerika).