de Havilland Mosquito | World War Photos

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: 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 BG, 654th BS(R)

: American F-8 (PR XVI) NS519 of the 25th BG, 653rd BS

: 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 2

: Mosquito PR XVI NS502 of No. 544 Squadron RAF 3

: Mosquito PR XVI NS502 of No. 544 Squadron RAF 4

: Mosquito PR XVI NS502 of No. 544 Squadron RAF 5

: Mosquito PR XVI NS502 of No. 544 Squadron RAF with D-Day stripes 6

: 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.