Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: The De Havilland ... flight – the Mosquito turned out to be one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world, with a maximum speed of 415 mph ...

and with its fuselage and wings covered with something called, “Madapolam Woven Cotton” — the De Havilland Mosquito ... that gave the aircraft a top speed of 643+ km/h, making it one ...

Powered by two Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, the Mosquito became one of the fastest aircraft of its era. The FB.MkVI Mosquito to be featured at the show, PZ474, was built at de Havilland’s ...

A critical advantage to the Mosquito’s wooden construction was its relatively light weight—giving it a fantastic top speed of 415 ... campaigns was the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, at the ...

Imperial War Museum Conceived as a light bomber, the World War II de Havilland Mosquito was designed to defend itself with its 400-mph speed rather than with guns. De Havilland eliminated armament ...

A rare de Havilland Mosquito ... to the DH Vampire Jet.” The Mosquito nicknamed "The Wooden Wonder" first flew in November 1940, and was faster than the Spitfire with a top speed of over 400 ...

It was the de Havilland Mosquito.And just to rub ... in the same week it entered frontline service, a Mosquito recorded a top speed of 433mph at a time when the RAF’s top fighter, the Spitfire ...

It makes sense that the documents were found at the Airbus facility; it was a de Havilland factory during the war, but much more recently serviced British Aerospace’s DH.98 Mosquito—the last ...

The De Havilland Mosquito was a fast light strike bomber ... with their daughter Rosemary lived in one of the houses at the top of The Green. We were at number 63. Rosemary and my sister Jane ...