Discovery of lost WW2 Mosquito plans will allow 'Wooden Wonder' to fly again
A newly-discovered hoard of secret Second World War aircraft technical drawings will be used by enthusiasts to rebuild and launch a Mosquito plane into the skies above Britain.
More than 20,000 wartime Mosquito...
A De Havilland Mosquito IIF DD739/RX-X of No 456 Squadron, flying from Middle Wallop, in flight. The censor has scratched out the wing-tip antennae of the Airborne-Interceptor radar.
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Flight Lieutenant, Pilot, Royal Air Force. Son of Theophilis Everard and Mary.
He died as a result on an aircrash whilst attempting a force landing near Bunny, Nottinghamshire. He was flying a Mosquito. The other crew member Sgt F W Hearn also perished
Buried in Nottingham Southern Cemetery...
On the 18th February, 1944, a group of brave young aircrew undertook one of the most daring low-level precision bombing operations ever mounted during World War II the breaching of the wall of Amiens Prison to release members of the French Resistance, condemned to death for their action in...
The Mosquito was a twin-engined aircraft of plywood monocoque construction, designed originally as a fast, unarmed light bomber. This concept was regarded as an aberration by the authorities, but the performance of the Mosquito silenced the critics. At night it operated with impunity over...
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