my all-time favorite plane. just something about its ability to do anything and everything imaginable, from dogfighting to precision bombing, with such ability and grace that it outdid most of the planes that were specifically designed for that mission... I love it.

My uncle Joe Cooper was a Squadron Leader flying night-fighter Mosquitos out of Little Snoring, Norfolk (parts of the base still stand). The squadron 'kill' ladder may be seen to this day in the local church, and Joe Cooper is the first name--he nailed an Me-110 over its base in Germany.
Highly recommended: the book AIRBORNE, by the late Neil Williams, which includes a chapter on flying the Mosquito--his sense of humour is strongly evident. Copies can still be found on the Web. Williams' comments on flying many different types, and various flying adventures, are excellent. His book on aerobatics (he was a world-championship competitor) is also excellent.

Shame we have people like A*****E making such unintelligent ill informed and crude comments on this site but at least he chose a totally appropriate name for himself.

Oh dear! Where does all this come from? Wood shows up on radar,so did the Horten wings. Stealth was not the reason for the chosen structure or shape. Got that peeps?

Its wooden construction made it invisible on German radar. Probably the first stealth aircraft?

this plane is a peice of shit it was wood

There were two photo-reconnaissance companies operating Mosquitos in the 1950's and used Winnipeg as a base when I was a Tower Controller. I remember the pilots were very wary of loosing an engine on final and would fly the downwind at 2000'agl as a precaution. One day we had a Trans Canada Airlines Viscount with a u/s airspeed indicator inbound for landing. We had a Mosquito flying local and we arranged with the pilot to fly the Viscount down final approach at the appropriate airspeed. Neat operation - Beautiful aircraft!!

Amazing aircraft for its day, world-beating and versatile!

I agree with exactly SHELL opinion.
"Mossie" could be a fighter, a strategic bomber, fly recon missions, be a night fighter, a pathfinder, a tactical fighter bomber.....great speed, range, firepower, durability, bomb load, everything needed in a war winning plane.
It probably was the most complete, efective, versatile, multirole and BEAUTIFUL warbird on WW2.
Mr.Goefrey DeHavilland..was a genius designer.

I agree with exactly SHELL opinion.
"Mossie" could be a fighter, a strategic bomber, fly recon missions, be a night fighter, a pathfinder, a tactical fighter bomber.....great speed, range, firepower, durability, bomb load, everything needed in a war winning plane.
It probably was the most complete, efective, versatile, multirole and BEAUTIFUL warbird on WW2.
Mr.Goefrey DeHavilland..was a genius designer.

I agree with exactly SHELL opinion.
"Mossie" could be a fighter, a strategic bomber, fly recon missions, be a night fighter, a pathfinder, a tactical fighter bomber.....great speed, range, firepower, durability, bomb load, everything needed in a war winning plane.
It probably was the most complete, efective, versatile, multirole and BEAUTIFUL warbird on WW2.
Mr.Goefrey DeHavilland..was a genius designer.

My father flew the first Mosquito against the Japanese in WW2, He continued to fly after the war with a total of close to 27,000 hrs. He said it was much faster than anything else at the time so you could always get out of trouble by out running it if needed. There is now a flying reconstructed Mossie in NZ.

Would like to know that after the countries finished with training in a WW2 aircraft what became of them? I know that some may have went to the recycle bin, but maybe some are just sitting in a hangar or field some where, any input?

My father, Paul Weiss, was a pilot in WW2, training in Montgomery, Al, USA. HE stayed to train other pilots, then returned to England. He flew the Mosquito, as well as some other planes. I was wondering if anyone here knew him then.

If I were a WWII Allied Air Commander and I was allowed only 1 plane type, my choice would be the Mosquito.

The "mossie" could be a fighter, a strategic bomber, fly recon missions, be a night fighter, a pathfinder, a tactical fighter bomber...

It had great speed, range, firepower, durability, bomb load, everything needed in a war winning plane.

In the B-17 comments, Sean says that the Mosquito could have flow the bombing missions over Germany with better results and far lower losses than the B-17. I think Sean is right.

recently flew a P-51 TF. Does anyone know of any Mosquitos available to go up in, any where? Wii be in England
Scotland in October. Appreciate a resoponse.

A beautiful aircraft and a credit to the designer. We were to have a mosquito flying at an airshow here in New Zealand at easter weekend but unfortunatly it is not quite restored.

I was stationed at Gib. 1954-57 as an aerofireman. I was most fortunate to fly in one of the 2 Mosquitos on station flight. Flying along the North African coast and Straits past Tanger, back and forth so the navy could practice with their radar.
What a shame when one of the Mosquitos burned to nothing along with an Anson and Dakota DC3 in a disasterous hanger fire January 1956.
As far as I remember, the other Mossie never flew again.
Passing of an era.
What a great life it was.

A comment about George E Stewart. I remember him as a young pilot in Hankow and I was a 12 year old (Anne Berthet) with pigtails.Reading about him brought back memories of a very happy childhood in Hankow. That you Mr Stewart.

I instructed on Mossies at Swinderby for a couple of years after the war. A great kite to fly once one recognised the tendency to swing left if the throttles were not handled properly at start of take-off run. A sweetheart in the air.