PR IX with D-day stripes 1944
US Moquito
Preparations for engine running
Mosquito W4051
Photorecce prototype W4051
Canadian built B Mk VII 32nd PRS, 5th Photographic Group
Mosquito W4051
W4050 with prototype ‘P’ symbol
Mossie with black scheme worn by early night-fighters
W4051 at Hatfield
Mosquito PRU August 1943
Night fighter Mosquito NF II DD737
Wingtip and arrowhead nose aerials for AI.IV radar
flown by Wg Cdr Peter Wykeham-Barnes
Bulged bomb bay enabling to carry the 4,000 lb cookie bomb. No. 692 Squadron RAF
Mosquito Hatfield
Mosquito E0234
Mosquito II 23 Sqn Malta
Mosquito F II 1942
Mosquito DZ228 23 Sqn over Malta
No. 692 Squadron RAF
WCdr W J R Shepherd sitting on a “Cookie” bomb April 1944
French Mosquito XVI NS517 in flight
F-8 of 32nd PRS, 5th Photographic Group, Italy MTO
Day fighter Mosquito F II DD739 RX-X of No. 456 Squadron RAAF in flight
RCAF Mosquito FB VI of Greenwood Squadron
Crashed American Mosquito PR XVI NS774 of the 25th BG, 1945
USAAF de Havilland Mosquito PR XVI NS651 of the 25th BG 1945
Mosquito XVI NS538 with H2X radar of the 25th Bomb Group, 654th BS(R)
American F-8 (PR XVI) NS519 of the 25th BG, 653rd BS USAAF
Mosquito PR XVI NS508 Mount Farm
Mosquito PR XVI NS508 overall in PRU Blue
Mosquito PR XVI NS710 of the 25th BG, 653 Bomb Squadron
Damaged Mosquito Mk VI MM401 SB-J of No. 464 Squadron RAAF
Mosquito Mk XIII HK382 RO-T of No. 29 Squadron RAF Hunsdon 13 February 1945
Mosquito PR XVI NS502 “M” of No. 544 Squadron RAF
Mosquito PR XVI NS502 of No. 544 Squadron RAF
Mosquito PR XVI NS502 of No. 544 Squadron RAF
Mosquito PR XVI NS502 of No. 544 Squadron RAF
Mosquito PR XVI NS502 of No. 544 Squadron RAF
Mosquito PR XVI NS502 of No. 544 Squadron RAF with D-Day stripes
Mosquito B IV DK287
Mosquito B IV nose
Mosquito B IV of No. 105 Squadron RAF with “Uncle Sam” nose art
Mosquito B IV W4072, March 1942
Mosquito PR XVI MM364 Mount Farm
USAAF F-8 at NACA
Mosquito FB Mk XVIII Tsetse Molins 6-pounder Class M cannon (57 mm)
Crashed Mosquito of the 492nd BG 1945
Photo-reconnaissance Mosquito of the 25th BG
F-8 Mosquito in USA
Mosquito PR XVI NS594 of the 801st BG
Mosquito Mk XVI ML980 and crew of No. 109 Squadron RAF
Black Mosquitoes night fighters NF II: W4090, W4092 and W4086
U.S. Mosquito PR.XVI NS569 of the 25th BG
Mosquito NF Mk 38 VT653
Mosquito PR XVI NS512 of the 25th BG
Mosquito B XVI and crew of No. 128 Squadron RAF
Strike Mosquito FB Mk VI of No. 248 Squadron RAF
US Mosquito PR XVI of 25th BG, 654 BS
Damaged Mosquito Mk II DZ757 RA-Q of No. 410 Squadron RAF
Almost burned off Mosquito NF XVII VY-O of 85 Squadron 25 March 1944
Mosquito MM388 25th BG
Mosquito II DZ231 YP-R of No. 23 Squadron RAF over Malta
Mosquito MM345 “Z” of the 25th BG
Mosquito II DD723 with chin radiators
Canadian FB.26 KA114
Mosquito W4050
Mosquito FB VI with D-Day stripes
American Mosquitoes PR XVI May 1945
Mosquito B.Mk XVI ML926/G with Oboe and H2S radar
Mosquito B IV Series II DK290 Boscombe Down
Mosquito II DD723 with chin radiators
Mosquito FB.VI NT181D5-D of No. 620 Squadron at East Wretham
Mosquito FB.VI D5-D NT181 of No. 620 Squadron East Wretham
Mosquito B IV DZ637 P3-C of No. 692 Squadron
Prototype Mosquito E0234 1940
Heavily damaged Mosquito II DZ757 RA-Q of No. 410 Squadron RCAF
Mosquito PR I W4059 LY-T of 1 PRU
Prototype Mosquito PR I W4051 LY-U in flight
F-8 Mosquito 43-34949
Mosquito FB VI HJ719 on the ground
Mosquito NS739 “Pamela” 25th BG
Factory fresh Mosquito FB.VI HJ728 at Hatfield
Black Mosquito PR XVI of the 25th BG USAAF
Mosquito KB300 Anacostia April 1943
Lend-Lease Mosquito B IV DK296 1944/45
Mosquito B Mk IV coded GB-H of No. 105 Squadon RAF
Mosquito FB VI HJ759 of No. 27 Squadron RAF in the CBI 7 June 1945
de Havilland Mosquito B Mk XVI ML991
RCAF Mosquito T27 seial KA888
Mosquito NF Mk II DD750
Mosquitoes attack ships off Gironde France 1944
Mossie PR Mk IV
Soviet Mosquito B IV DK296
Mosquito PR IX MM230 in flight
Mosquito at Kimbolton
Mosquito T III
Mosquito FB VI PZ202 with rocket-firing rails
Mosquito B XVI PF563 1945
Mosquito B IV
Mosquito B VII KB300 in USA
Bomber Mosquito B IV GB-E of No 105 Squadron RAF
Mosquito Mk IV DK287
Mosquito B IV in flight
Mosquito B Mk IV of No 105 Squadron RAF GB-E DZ353
Mosquito launching a rocket attack on German shipping in a Norwegian Fjord 1944
Mosquito PR34
Mosquito B IV GB-A DZ360 of 105 Squadron RAF 1943
Fighter Mosquito 1944
Russian Mosquito B IV DK296 4
Cockpit of a Mosquito NF30 navigator side
Australian Mosquito FB 40 A52-500 of the 1 Squadron RAAF
Mosquito Mk VII KB300 in USA 2
Mosquito PR Mk XVI NS645 “P” of No 684 Squadron RAF at Alipore India
Mosquito NF30 in U.S. markings MTO
Mosquito B IV DK287 April 1943
de Havilland Mosquito B IV with Soviet Air Force markings
Crewmen load aerial cameras on planes of Lt. Col. Leon Gray’s 8th AF reconnaissance unit, preparing to take off on a night mission 1945
photo recon US Mosquito over England 1944
Mosquito Night Fighter cockpit
Mosquito NF XII HK117
Crashed No 23 Squadron Mosquito FB VI coded YP-F
P-61, P-38 and P-59 at Hammer Field California
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.