List of surviving de Havilland Mosquitos

List of surviving de Havilland Mosquitos
Mosquito B35 RS712

The de Havilland Mosquito is a British light bomber and later night-fighter used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War. Only a few aircraft survive of the 7,000 built; the mainly wooden construction has not helped as the aircraft do not survive well outside, making restoration difficult. The last Mosquito known to be airworthy (serial number RR299), a Trainer Mk III built by de Havilland at Leavesden in spring 1945, crashed on 21 July 1996 with the loss of both crew after suffering engine power loss when performing a wing-over manoeuvre at Barton Aerodrome air show, near Barton, Greater Manchester.

1 A52-319 is on display at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

Australia

On display

• Mosquito PR.41 A52-319 is on display at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.^[1]

Under restoration

• Mosquito FB.VI HR621 was originally delivered to and flew for the No. 618 Squadron RAF. In 1947, it was towed to a farm in Tomingly, where it sat until the Camden Museum of Aviation in Narellan, New South Wales) recovered the aircraft in 1968. It was being restored using parts from other Mosquito hulks.^[2]

• Mosquito PR.XVI A52-600 was delivered to the RAF as NS631 before transfer to the RAAF. It flew more than 20 sorties with No. 87 Squadron RAAF. It was later sold to an orchardist who experimented with using its engines to dry vines. In 1966, the hulk was rescued by the Mildura Warbirds Museum, and in 1987 it was sold to the RAAF Museum. The Mosquito is being restored for display.

Belgium

On display

• Mosquito NF.30 RK952 is on display at the Musee Royal de l'Armee, Brussels as MB24 of the Belgian Air Force.^[3]

Canada

VP189 on display at the Alberta Aviation Museum

On display

• Mosquito B.XX KB336 is on display at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Ontario.^[4]
• Mosquito B.35 VP189/CF-HMQ is on display at the Alberta Aviation Museum, Edmonton, Alberta.^[5]

Under restoration

• Mosquito B.35 VR796/CF-HML is currently under restoration to airworthy by Victoria Air Maintenance Ltd at Victoria International Airport, British Columbia.
• Mosquito B.35 TA661/CF-HMR crashed and burned on an aerial survey flight on 10 July 1956. The remains were recovered 40 years later and a rebuild to static display has been started by the Windsor Mosquito Bomber Group, Windsor, Ontario. New fuselage and wings have been made for this aircraft by Avspecs of Ardmore, Auckland.
• Mosquito B.35 RS700/CF-HMS is owned by the City of Calgary, Alberta and is currently stored at the Aero Space Museum of Calgary. The Calgary Mosquito Society, a volunteer-based organization, was formed to restore it to static condition in partnership with the Bomber Command Museum of Canada. In early 2011, the process of soliciting tenders for restoration of RS700, commenced.

New Zealand

On display

• Mosquito T.43 A52-1053 1946 RAAF converted from FB40 Bankstown de Havilland factory. NZ2305 RNZAF 75 Squardron 1947 is on display at the Museum of Transport and Technology, Auckland.^[6] This aircraft was subject to an exhaustive restoration by MoTaT volunteers with work on the wing being carried out by RNZAF Museum staff.

Stored or under restoration

• Mosquito FB.VI TE863/NZ2355 is held by the RNZAF Museum, Wigram as a restoration project.^[7][8]
• Mosquito FB.VI RF597/NZ2383 is held by the RNZAF Museum, Wigram as a restoration project.
• Mosquito FB.26 KA114 Canadian built. Undergoing restoration for Military Aviation Museum to airworthy status by Avspecs in Ardmore, Auckland using a new fuselage and wings built by Glyn Powell with overhauled original components and Merlin engines. ^[9]
• Mosquito T Mk.III TV959, formerly in the collection of the Imperial War Museum and now owned by Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection, is stored awaiting rebuild to fly with AvSpecs at Ardmore airport, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Mosquito T Mk.43 NZ2308, dual control Mosquito, the Australian equivalent of the British T Mk.3. It began life on the Bankstown assembly line as a FB Mk.40, A52-20, and was converted to T43 status as A52-1054. It was one of four purchased by the RNZAF in June 1947 and flown across the Tasman Sea in four hours. It was disposed of in 1955 and ended its days on a farm at Riwaka in the north of the South Island. Bought by Glyn Powell it is being restored to airworthy using a new build fuselage and wings by Glyn.^[9]
• Mosquito FB.VI TE910/NZ2336, held in a private collection in the Tasman region.
• Mosquito FB.VI TE758/NZ2328 is being progressively restored for static display by volunteers of the Ferrymead Aeronautical Society at the Ferrymead Historial Park, Christchurch. The project also includes parts from FB.VI HR339/NZ2382.

Norway

On display

• Mosquito T.3 TW117 is on display at the National Museum of Aviation, Bodo/^[10][11]

South Africa

On display

• Mosquito PR.IX LR480 is on display at the South African National Museum of Military History, Saxonwold.^[12]

United Kingdom

TA719 in 2005 at Duxford

On display

• Mosquito prototype W4050 is on display at the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre at London Colney close to the location it was built. It is painted as W4050 on the port side but has the test serial registration E-0234 on the starboard side.^[13]

• Mosquito NF.II HJ711 is a composite airframe and is on display during restoration at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington^[14]

• Mosquito FB.6 TA122 is on display at the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre at London Colney in 605 Squadron markings. It is being rebuilt with wings from another Mosquito. ^[13]

• Mosquito TT.35 TA634 is on display at the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre at London Colney in 571 Squadron markings.^[13]

• Mosquito TT.35 TA639 is on display at the Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford. ^[15]

• Mosquito TT.35 TA719 is on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, it was registered G-ASKC in 1963 for use in the film 633 Squadron^[16]

• Mosquito B.35 TJ138 is on display in the Milestones of Flight exhibition at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon in 98 Squadron markings.^[17]

United States

Kermit Weeks and his Mosquito

On display

• Mosquito TT.35 RS709 is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio representing PR.XVI NS519 of the USAF. It was civil registered G-ASKA in 1963 for use in the film 633 Squadron.^[18]

• Mosquito TT.35 RS712 is on display at the EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, but is owned by Kermit Weeks. It was civil registered G-ASKB in 1963 for use in the film 633 Squadron. aircraft last flew in 1989.^[19][20]

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

• Avspecs Limited Warbird Restorations: Current - de Havilland Mosquito FB 26 - Extensive and detailed photographic and text log of the restoration of KA114

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