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August 1972
- Mossie, Story of the RAF’s Wooden Wonder
- Terror Bomber, Caging the Luftwaffe’s Mythical Beast
- Hawk 75, The Air Corps’ Classic Monoplane Fighter
- Wings Over The Atlantic, The Ill-Fated Sikorsky S-35
December 1972
- Martin’s Mighty Mariner, Flying the PBM
- Samurai, Japan’s Legendary Zero
- Night Stalker, Canada’s Midnight Raiders
- Shell Wings, Jimmy Doolittle’s Record Breaking Racers
December 1981
- “Mossie”, The RAF’s Immortal Mosquito Bomber
- The Fable of Able Mable, Martin’s AM-Mauler
- The Sky Pirate of El Segundo
January 1988
- The DeHavilland Mosquito in Combat, WWII’s Most Versatile Warplane
- Chance-Vought & The Fleet’s First Dive Bombers, From O2U to SBU
May 1999
- Seaplanes: Gone But Not Forgotten
- The RAF Hurricane, Spitfire, and Mosquito
June 2000
- Flying Guns… 50 years of Aviation Firepower
- Top Secret Mosquito Flights
August 2001
- First Combat over Pearl Harbor
- In the Cockpit of the Nieuport 17
- Nightbomber: Invaders in Korea
- Fast Freight Mosquitos
Manuals & Photos
- Army F-8 Erection Maintenance, 1944
- Mosquito FB VI FB 26 Pilot’s Notes, 1945
- Mosquito FB.6 Pilot’s Notes, 1950
- Mosquito Pilot’s Notes, 1944
- Mosquito T3 Pilot’s Notes, 1943
- Mosquito T3 Pilot’s Notes, 1949
- Mosquito Mks VIII, IX, XVI
- Sea Mosquito Pilot’s Notes, 1946
- Over 280 DeHavilland DH98 Mosquito photos
DeHavilland DH.98 Mosquito
B Mk.XVI Specifications
Survivors
Cutaway
Videos
General Characteristics
- Crew: 2: pilot, bombardier/navigator
- Length: 44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
- Wingspan: 54 ft 2 in (16.51 m)
- Height: 17 ft 5 in (5.31 m)
- Wing area: 454 sq ft (42.2 m2)
- Airfoil: RAF 34 (modified)
- Empty weight: 14,300 lb (6,486 kg)
- Gross weight: 18,100 lb (8,210 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 25,000 lb (11,340 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Merlin 76 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 1,710 hp (1,280 kW)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Merlin 77 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 1,710 hp (1,280 kW) RHS fitted with a blower for cabin pressurisation
- Propellers: 3-bladed constant-speed propellers
Performance
- Maximum speed: 415 mph (668 km/h; 361 kn) at 28,000 ft (8,500 m)
- Range: 1,300 mi (1,130 nmi; 2,092 km)
- Service ceiling: 37,000 ft (11,000 m)
- Rate of climb: 2,850 ft/min (14.5 m/s)
- Wing loading: 39.9 lb/sq ft (195 kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 0.189 hp/lb (0.311 kW/kg)
Armament
- Bombs: 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg)
Avionics
On Display
There are approximately 30 non-flying Mosquitos around the world with four airworthy examples, two in the United States, one in Canada and one in New Zealand.
The largest collection of Mosquitos is at the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre in the United Kingdom, which owns three aircraft, including the first prototype, W4050, the only initial prototype of a Second World War British aircraft design still in existence in the 21st century.
Surviving Aircraft by Manufacturer
| Plant | Number produced | Number surviving |
|---|---|---|
| de Havilland Hatfield | 3,326 | 13 |
| de Havilland Leavesden | 1,476 | 4 |
| Standard Motor Company | 1,066 | 3 |
| Percival Aircraft Company | 245 | 0 |
| Airspeed Aircraft | 122 | 5 |
| de Havilland Hawarden | 96 | 0 |
| de Havilland Canada | 1,076 | 2 |
| de Havilland Australia | 212 | 3 |
| 7,619 | 30 |
Surviving Aircraft
| Serial | Location | History |
|---|---|---|
| W4050 | de Havilland Aircraft Museum, London Colney, Hertfordshire | Built by de Havilland Hatfield as prototype. First Mosquito built and had first flight on 25 November 1940. Owned by W. J. S. Baird of Hatfield from 1946 to 1959. Acquired by de Havilland Museum in 1959. The aircraft is now on display after its £41,000 restoration. |
| A52-1053 | Museum of Transport and Technology, Auckland, North Island | Built by de Havilland Australia with construction started as FB.40 A52-19. During production renumbered A52-1053 and converted to T.43. One of four Mosquitoes sold to RNZAF in April 1947; upon import renumbered NZ2305. Sent to 75 Squadron in April 1947. Sold to Robin Coleman in 1952. In 1964 purchased by MOTAT. Restoration completed in 2007. |
| A52-1054 | Mosquito Pathfinder Trust, Drury, North Island | Built by de Havilland Australia with construction started as FB.40 A52-20. During production renumbered A52-1054 and converted to T.43. One of four Mosquitoes sold to RNZAF in April 1947; upon import renumbered NZ2308. Struck off in 1955 and left on a farm in Riwaka. Later salvaged by Glyn Powell who began to restore it. Following Powell’s death in November 2019 it was acquired by the Mosquito Pathfinder Trust. |
| A52-319 | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | Built by de Havilland Australia, with construction starting as FB.40 A52-210. During production, renumbered A52-319 and converted to PR.41. Sold in 1953 to James Woods. Changed hands several times between 1969 and 1971. In 1979 sold to Australian War Memorial. |
| DZ542 | Avspecs, Ardmore, North Island | Built by de Havilland Hatfield as B.IV. Delivered in March 1944. Sent to 618 Squadron at RAF Skitten in April, to RAF Wick in July, and to RAF Beccles in August. Used to test Barnes Wallis’s “Highball” bouncing bomb. Following the war sent to RAAF Narromine still on RAF charge. Struck off in 1947 and left on a farm. Acquired in 1988 by Glyn Powell. Acquired by Mosquito Pathfinder Trust in 2015 and sent to Avspecs in New Zealand for restoration. After the MPT acquired A52-1054 in early 2020, Avspecs had owned the plane. |
| TE910 | Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre, Omaka, South Island | Former John Smith plane from his collection in Mapua, On long term loan from the family and tactfully restored to ground running condition and displayed in the WW2 Dangerous Skies exhibit |
| HJ711 | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire | Built by de Havilland Hatfield as NF.II. Sent to 169 Squadron at RAF Little Snoring. Flown in combat and credited with a Bf 110 over Berlin. In 1960s used by RAF Air Training Corps at Chingford. Acquired by Reflectaire Museum, Blackpool in 1971. Acquired by Tony Agar in 1972. Restored using parts from PF498, VA878, NT616, and RS715. Wears 169 livery as VI-C. In 2017 moved from Yorkshire Air Museum to Lincolnshire. |
| HR621 | Camden Museum of Aviation, Harrington Park, New South Wales | Built by Standard Motors as FB.VI. Assigned to 618 Squadron. Following war sent to RAAF Narromine still on RAF charge. Sold in 1947 to M. Powell in Tomingley. Recovered in 1968 from a farm by Camden Museum of Aviation. Currently under restoration. (Museum is not open to the public.) |
| KA114 | Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach, Virginia | Built by de Havilland Canada as FB.26 and delivered to Royal Canadian Air Force on 22 February 1944. Struck off 13 April 1948. Sent to RCAF Vulcanand sold to a farmer in Milo, Alberta. Remains acquired by Canadian Museum of Flight in Vancouver in 1979. In 2004 purchased by Jerry Yagen of the Military Aviation Museum and sent to New Zealand for restoration by Avspecs. First flight on 27 September 2012. Arrived in the United States in March 2013. |
| KB336 | Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Ontario | Built by de Havilland Canada as B.XX. Taken on strength in June 1944 and assigned to No. 7 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Debert. Placed in storage in Calgary following the war. Sent to museum in Rockliffe in 1964. |
| LR480 | South African National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg, Gauteng | Built by de Havilland Hatfield as PR.IX. Delivered to South African Air Force in 1944 and served operationally with 60 Squadron SAAF. Sent to South Africa for war publicity and later assigned to museum in 1946 where it has been ever since. |
| NS631 | RAAF Museum, Point Cook, Victoria | Built by de Havilland Hatfield as PR.XVI. Sent to RAAF as A52-600 in December 1944 and served operationally with 87 Squadron RAAF. Stationed at RAAF Ballarat from 1947 to 1954. Sold to E. Voullaire of Mildura in 1954 and stored in an orchard. Acquired by Warbirds Aviation Museum in 1966. Owned by a group of three individuals from 1983 to 1987. Acquired by RAAF Museum in 1987. Currently under restoration. |
| PZ474 | Private (Charles Somers), Sacramento, California | Built by de Havilland Hatfield as FB.VI. Delivered to RNZAF as NZ2384 in April 1947. Used privately from 1953 to 1959. Remains acquired by Rod Lewis circa 2017. Sent to New Zealand for restoration by Avspecs. First flight after restoration 13 January 2019 at Ardmore, New Zealand, piloted by Steve Hinton. Registered in New Zealand as ZK-BCV, the registration it wore between 1953 and 1955 after RNZAF service, then as N474PZ in the United States. Sold to Charles Somers mid-2020. |
| RK952 | Musée Royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire, Brussels | Built by de Havilland Leavesden as NF.30. Acquired by Belgian Air Force in 1953 as MB24 and used until 1957, at which time it was placed in museum. |
| RL249 | The People’s Mosquito, East Goscote, Leicestershire | Built by de Havilland Leavesden as NF.36. In February 1949 crashed at RAF Coltishall while with 23 Squadron. Wreckage recovered in 2010. Restoration underway in conjunction with Retrotec Ltd. Will be finished as an FB.VI. |
| RS700 | The City of Calgary, Nanton, Alberta | Built by Airspeed Aircraft as B.35. Stored at RAF Silloth in early 1950s. Converted to PR.35 in 1951 and operated by 58 Squadron RAF. Used as an aerial photo mapping plane from 1954 to 1960 by Spartan Air Services of Ottawa, Ontario. Acquired in 1964 by Lynn Garrison of Calgary for the failed Air Museum of Canada. Now owned by the City of Calgary. Moved to the Bomber Command Museum of Canada in Nanton, AB and currently under restoration by the Calgary Mosquito Society to run and taxi status. Will be finished in Spartan livery. Viewable to public during restoration. |
| RS709 | National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio | Built by Airspeed Aircraft as B.35. Used in movies 633 Squadron in 1963 and Mosquito Squadron in 1968. Owned privately from 1964 to 1984. Acquired by USAF Museum in 1984 and displayed in USAAF livery as PR.XVI NS519. |
| RS712 | EAA Aviation Museum, Oshkosh, Wisconsin | Built by Airspeed Aircraft as B.35. Used in movies 633 Squadron in 1963 and Mosquito Squadron in 1968. Owned privately from 1964 on. In 1981 acquired by Kermit Weeks. Has been on loan to EAA Museum since 1991. |
| TA122 | de Havilland Aircraft Museum, London Colney, Hertfordshire | Built by de Havilland Hatfield as FB.VI. Stored at RAF Celle from 1950 to 1951, and at the Delft Technical University in the Netherlands from 1951 to 1964. Wings destroyed in 1958. Acquired by Royal Netherlands Air Force Museum in 1978. In 1978 acquired by de Havilland Museum. Restoration used wings from TW233. Wears livery of 4 Squadron UP-G. |
| TA634 | de Havilland Aircraft Museum, London Colney, Hertfordshire | Built by de Havilland Hatfield as B.35 and later converted to TT.35. Owned by City of Liverpool from 1963 to 1970. Used in movie Mosquito Squadron in 1968. Acquired by de Havilland Museum in 1970. Restored from 1980 to 1990. Wears livery of B.35 NX992 (8K-K). |
| TA639 | RAF Museum Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire | Built by de Havilland Hatfield as B.35. Used in movie 633 Squadron in 1963. Placed in RAF Museum storage in 1967. Put on display at Cosford in 1970. Wears livery of B.35 TA639 (AZ-E). |
| TA661 | Canadian Historical Aircraft Association, Windsor, Ontario | Built by de Havilland Hatfield as B.35. Stored at RAF Silloth 1953-1954. Acquired by Spartan Air Services of Ottawa, Ontario in 1954. On 10 July 1956 made an emergency landing near Pelly Lake, Northwest Territories and was destroyed by fire. Wreckage recovered by Windsor group in 1996. Under restoration as KB161 by Windsor Mosquito Bomber Group. |
| TA719 | Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire | Built by de Havilland Hatfield as B.35. Used in movie 633 Squadron in 1963. Belly damaged during landing in 1964. Used in ground scene in Mosquito Squadron in 1968. Rebuilt from 1968 to 1973. Place on display at Duxford in 1978. |
| TE758 | Ferrymead Aeronautical Society, Christchurch, South Island | Built by Standard Motors as FB.VI. Sent to RNZAF in April 1947 as NZ2328. Sold to private owner in 1955 and subsequently stored on a farm near Totara. Acquired in 1972 by Ferrymead Society. Under restoration using wings from HR339. |
| TE910 | Private (Smith family) / Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre, Blenheim, South Island | Built by Standard Motors as FB.VI. Sent to RNZAF as NZ2336 in April 1947. Sold in 1956 to John Smith. Sat for 63 years in a shed on Smith’s property. John Smith died in August 2019. In September 2020 the Mosquito along with several other planes were transferred to the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre museum for restoration. On display since March 2021. Engines are operable and first ground runs were conducted in November 2021. |
| TH998 | National Air and Space Museum, Silver Hill, Maryland | Built by de Havilland Hatfield as B.35. Taken on strength in August 1945 at RAF Shawbury. Converted to TT.35 by Brooklands in 1952. Used as towing aircraft at RAF Exeter from 1952 to 1962. In August 1962 sent to United States for the Smithsonian. Has been in storage at Paul E. Garber Facility since then. |
| TJ138 | Royal Air Force Museum, London | Built by de Havilland Hatfield as B.35. Used as a travelling exhibit during the 1960s. Acquired by RAF Museum in 1967. On display at Hendon since 1992. |
| TV959 | Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum, Everett, Washington | Built by de Havilland Leavesden as T.III. Taken on strength in August 1945. Struck off in May 1963. In 1963 used in movie 633 Squadron. Acquired by Imperial War Museum in 1989. In 2003 FHCAM acquired the aircraft by trade and sent it to Avspecs in New Zealand for restoration. Made first flight in late 2016. Wears livery of FB.VI NS838. |
| TW117 | Norwegian Aviation Museum, Bodø, Nordland | Built by de Havilland Leavesden as T.III. Stored by RAF Museum from 1963 to 1967. In 1963 used in movie 633 Squadron. On display at Hendon from 1972 to 1991. Acquired by Norwegian Museum in 1991. Wears 333 Squadron livery as FB.VI. |
| VP189 | Alberta Aviation Museum, Edmonton, Alberta | Built by Airspeed Aircraft as B.35. Used by Spartan Air Services of Ottawa, Ontario from 1954 to 1963. Displayed at CFB Edmonton from 1968 to 1970. Purchased by City of Edmonton in 1975. Has been on display since 2002. |
| VR796 | KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence, Kelowna, British Columbia | Built by Airspeed Aircraft as B.35. Stored until 1954. Used by Spartan Air Services of Ottawa, Ontario from 1954 to 1963. Owned by Don Campbell of Kapuskasing, Ontario from 1966 to 1986 and during that time restoration commenced. Moved to Mission, British Columbia in 1979. Owned by Ed Zalesky of Surrey, British Columbia from 1986 to 2002. Purchased by Robert Jens in 2000 and restoration completed in Victoria by Victoria Air Maintenance Ltd. First flight on 16 June 2014 by Steve Hinton. Wears livery of B.IX LR503 “F for Freddie,” which crashed in Calgary during a celebration on VE Day (9 May 1945). Purchased by Barry Lapointe of KF Aero (Kelowna Flightcraft) in January of 2022. Flown to Kelowna on June 30, 2022, it will be maintained in airworthy condition at the KF Centre for Excellence in Kelowna, B.C. |
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