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