Spitfire AA810 Restoration Ltd’s Post

For one of the members (who used to work on Mosquitos) of our small aviation group the Mosquito was his favourite aircraft. The reason being that when transitioning from one airforce base to another it was the most comfortable aircraft to fly in. He would be sat in the back of the fuselage, no seat and not strapped in I might add, and it was smooth, he was sat on a more comfortable wooden fuselage. Unlike other aircraft where he was sat on metal frames, ribs and stringers. He is now 94 years young and still occasionally will come out with a gem of a story.

The baseline model was very impressive! The Mosquito started life as a Geoffrey deHavilland pet project the War Office didn't want or sanction. By the end of the war, the design was the most versatile and capable aircraft in the Allied arsenal: photo reconnaissance, ground attack, night fighter, light bomber, low-volume airliner, fighter-bomber, maritime strike! More than 7,700 were built, yet fewer than ten remain in airworthy condition. The Mosquito is, in my humble opinion, the most versatile and successful aircraft of World War II. This aircraft has one compelling advantage over the Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire and the North American P51 Mustang: two Merlin engines instead of just one!