In WW2 which company manufactured the Mosquito fighter-bomber?
"rockets, the Beaufighter was potent in the anti-ship and ground attack role in the Pacific and Europe. With the addition of radar, it was one of the Royal Air Force's main night fighters. Similarly, the also highly successful de Havilland Mosquito fast bomber was later adapted for both day and night fighter use. During the late 1930s, Bell Aircraft of the United States designed the YFM-1 Airacuda ""bomber destroyer"". Very large and heavily armed, the Airacuda was plagued with design flaws; only 13 examples were eventually built, none of which participated in World War II. The most successful heavy fighter"
"Havilland Mosquito fighter/ bomber during WWll. When the Mosquito entered production in 1941, it was one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world. Entering widespread service in 1942, the Mosquito supported RAF strategic night fighter defence forces in the United Kingdom from Luftwaffe raids, most notably defeating the German aerial offensive Operation Steinbock in 1944. Offensively, the Mosquito units also conducted night time fighter sweeps in indirect and direct protection of RAF Bomber Command's heavy bombers to help reduce RAF bomber losses in 1944 and 1945. Home on leave in September 1944 Bob was invited to ""pin"" the wings"
"""Schnellbomber"" of the war was the bomber version of the British de Havilland Mosquito. It retained a speed advantage over its enemies for much of the war, and was only able to be effectively countered by specialist versions of various night fighter designs, with the pioneering Me 262A jet fighter being a true potential threat in 1944. The Mosquito ended the war with the lowest loss rate among any aircraft in RAF Bomber Command. The Germans considered the Mosquito a superior implementation of their own ""Schnellbomber"" concept, and being a potential inspiration for the Focke-Wulf firm's own all-wood twin-engined, high-speed"
"Mosquito (missile) The Mosquito was an Italian wire-guided anti-tank missile developed by the Swiss firm Contraves AG in close cooperation with the German firm of Bölkow, and produced by its Italian subsidiary Contraves Italiana SpA. It entered service with the Italian Army in 1961 and Indonesian armed forces. It was broadly similar to anti-tank missiles of the era, having a fibreglass body with four large wings, cruciform in cross-section and a relatively short body. The missile is transported in a cuboid container that also acts as a launcher. The launcher is attached to a control box that is equipped with"
"stationed in the British mainland. It saw combat in the Far East, being used successfully as a strike fighter as part of the British military action taken during the Malayan Emergency. A navalised carrier-capable version, the Sea Hornet, had been envisioned early on and was procured by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. In the autumn of 1941, the de Havilland company found that it had the spare design capacity to work on a new project. At this point, the Mosquito had entered full-rate production and preliminary work on a jet-propelled fighter aircraft, which would subsequently emerge as"
"De Havilland Mosquito The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engine shoulder-winged multi-role combat aircraft, introduced during Second World War. It was one of few operational front-line aircraft of the era whose frame was constructed almost entirely of wood, and was nicknamed ""The Wooden Wonder"", and affectionately as ""Mossie"" to its crews. When Mosquito production began in 1941 it was one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world. The first variant was an unarmed, high-speed, high-altitude photo-reconnaissance aircraft. Originally conceived as an unarmed fast bomber, the Mosquito's use evolved during the war into many roles including low to"
"the war. Eight Mosquitos were primarily used, five airworthy and others that could be taxied on runways or used as set dressing. The airworthy TT 35 Mosquitos were converted to resemble a fighter-bomber variant (FB Mk VI). The TT 35 models had their clear nosecones and side windows painted over and dummy machine gun barrels fitted. One airworthy Mosquito was a T3 with a solid nose, which only required the fitting of dummy gun barrels. It lacked the two-stage Merlin engines, V-shaped windscreen and bulged bomb bay of the TT 35s. At least one surplus Mosquito was destroyed in a"
"attacks. Apart from the Oslo and Berlin raids, the strikes were mainly on industrial and infrastructure targets in occupied Netherlands and Norway, France and northern and western Germany. The crews faced deadly flak and fighters, particularly Focke-Wulf Fw 190s, which they called ""snappers"". Germany still controlled continental airspace, and the Fw 190s were often already airborne and at an advantageous altitude. Collisions within the formations also caused casualties. It was the Mosquito’s excellent handling capabilities, rather than pure speed, that facilitated those evasions that were successful. The Mosquito was first announced publicly on 26 September 1942 after the Oslo Mosquito"
"roles. It was built in Canada and Australia as well as the UK. Fitted with a British Army Ordnance QF 6 pounder gun it could sink U-boats found on the surface. On April 9, 1945, three were sunk en route to Norway and in the following month Mosquitos sank two more. General Henry H. Arnold, Chief of the United States Army Air Forces, urged its adoption by the U.S. but was overruled by those who felt that the as yet untried Lockheed P-38 Lightning also twin-engined, could fulfill the same role. Although the Lightning got its name from the RAF,"
"of the Government of Canada. Production of the Mosquito, nicknamed the ""Mossie,"" was the company's greatest contribution to the war effort. It was one of the few front-line aircraft of the era constructed almost entirely of wood and was nicknamed ""The Wooden Wonder"". The Mosquito was designed to use speed instead of defensive armament to evade attack, and as a result it was one of the fastest aircraft in the war, reaching 425 mph at 30,000 ft. The original design was intended as a light bomber, but soon proved itself in high-level photography and every phase of intruder operations. Out"
"and diving on to the building. In February 1941 the Mosquito with two Rolls-Royce Merlin engines and a streamlined wooden fuselage achieved 392 mph, 30 mph faster than the current Spitfire. It was used on all kinds of missions, including silencing Hermann Göring's Berlin Nazi anniversary broadcast on January 20, 1943, leading him to tell Erhard Milch, Air Inspector General that “when I see the Mosquito I am yellow and green with envy. (The British) have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops.” Initially used for high-level photo-reconnaissance, the Mosquito was adapted to precision bombing, night fighter and fighter bomber"
"Oberleutnant Kurt Welter, claimed perhaps 25 Mosquitos shot down by night and two further Mosquitos by day while flying the Me 262, adding to his previous seven Mosquito kills in high-performance Bf 109G-6/AS or Fw 190 A-8 fighters. From September 1944 through to May 1945 a total of 92 night-flying Mosquitos of all marks on bombing, target marking, intruder and night fighter operations were lost. As far as can be ascertained, three of the Me 262 claims over Mosquitos coincide with RAF records. Operational experience in its varied roles quickly led to the development of a versatile fighter-bomber version; the"
"were later converted to night fighter standard. South Africa received two F.II and 14 PR.XVI/XIs and Sweden received 60 NF.XIXs. Turkey received 96 FB.VIs and several T.IIIs, and Yugoslavia had 60 NF.38s, 80 FB.VIs and three T.IIIs delivered. Total Mosquito production was 7,781, of which 6,710 were built during the war. A number of Mosquitos were lost in civilian airline service, mostly with British Overseas Airways Corporation during World War II. There are approximately 30 non-flying Mosquitos around the world with four airworthy examples, two in the United States, one in Canada and one in New Zealand. The largest collection"
"influenced the design of the Mosquito. The Comet was to become the model for the de Havilland Mosquito of which over 7000 were produced. They were to become the most versatile British RAF aeroplane of World War II, lightweight and fast like the Comet, many Mosquitoes were produced as unarmed bombers, as their speed was their defence. In 1943 during World War II Scott was attached to the ""de Havilland of Canada"" Test Flight staff where he test flew new Mosquitos, he also trained pilots to fly the Mosquito and served during World War II as an Atlantic ferry pilot"
"also highly elusive to American aircraft due to its excellent performance and speed of almost 400 mph. As fate would have it on 15 August 1945, a C6N1 was the last aircraft to be shot down in World War II. Japan also developed the high-altitude Tachikawa Ki-74 reconnaissance bomber, which was in a similar class of performance as the Mosquito, but only 16 were built and did not see operational service. The Luftwaffe began deploying jet aircraft in combat in 1944, and the twin-jet Arado Ar 234 ""Blitz"" (""Lightning"") reconnaissance bomber was the world's first operational jet-powered bomber. The Ar"
"Striking Force to guide RAF Bomber Command heavy bomber raids, and as ""nuisance"" bombers, dropping Blockbuster bombs – ""cookies"" – in high-altitude, high-speed raids that German night fighters were almost powerless to intercept. As a night fighter from mid-1942, the Mosquito intercepted ""Luftwaffe"" raids on Britain, notably those of Operation Steinbock in 1944. Starting in July 1942, Mosquito night-fighter units raided ""Luftwaffe"" airfields. As part of 100 Group, it was flown as a night fighter and as an intruder supporting Bomber Command heavy bombers that reduced losses during 1944 and 1945. The Mosquito fighter-bomber served as a strike aircraft in"
"early hours of 21 April 1944 Zorner claimed a rare victory for the German night fighter arm—a de Havilland Mosquito. Southeast of Antwerp at 03:00 Zorner spotted an aircraft which appeared to be a Junkers Ju 88 flying on one engine. Zorner closed to 50 metres (165 feet) and saw it was an enemy aircraft. He fired a burst that shattered the good engine. The British bomber dived into haze and four minutes later the crew observed an explosion on the ground. The following morning a Mosquito was confirmed shot down. The Mosquito belonged to No. 169 Squadron RAF. ""DD616"","
"damage to strategic targets; the de Havilland Mosquito factory near Bristol was devastated by ""Kampfgeschwader"" 53 on 30 August. A month later, the Woolston Supermarine Spitfire factory was destroyed largely by He 111s of ""Kampfgeschwader"" 55 on 26 September, forcing the factory's closure and dispersal, though the disruption to production was, at that time, not as serious as it would have been in July/August 1940. He 111s were fitted with the ""Knickebein"" and used it for blind-bombing during the Blitz, leading to the Battle of the Beams. This system, fitted to all German bombers, enabled the He 111 to bomb"
"in conjunction with Pathfinder bombers to guarantee accurate strikes on targets in all weathers. The de Havilland Mosquito bomber was beginning to be delivered in late 1942, combining a useful bomb load with speed to evade German fighters, it was used to harass German air defences as well as challenging strikes such as that on a Gestapo headquarters or prisons as in Operation Jericho The RAF also developed the use of ""earthquake bombs"" to attack huge structures thought to be invulnerable to conventional bombing. Creating the largest bomb used in WW2 and a specialist squadron to deliver it, a number"
"Mosquito, although one of the latter, the Mosquito II, serial ""W4087"", was itself experimentally fitted with a Turbinlite installation. The tactic of using single-engined fighters unequipped with radar at night was later utilised with some success by Germany against RAF Bomber Command later in the war, the tactic being known to the ""Luftwaffe"" as ""Wilde Sau"" (wild boar), however the illumination provided by the much larger-scale fires created by the British allowed visual interceptions over the bomber's target by non-radar equipped fighters to be carried out from much longer ranges than had been possible in 1940, rendering the additional illumination"
"De Havilland designed their Mosquito in Hatfield and constructed them at Leavesden, together with Halifax bombers. Many RAF pilots were trained at Panshanger. From 1940, No. 2 (AC) Squadron was stationed at RAF Sawbridgeworth, with the purpose of mounting tactical reconnaissance sorties over occupied Europe. Initially it operated the Westland Lysander, before re-equipping with the more capable Curtiss Tomahawk and North American Mustang aircraft. About 4000 bombs, 107 V-1 flying bombs, and 47 V-2 rockets fell on Hertfordshire during the Second World War. American Flying Fortresses bombers of the 398th Bombardment Group (Heavy) mounting 195 combat missions against targets on"
"May 1941. These Mosquitos were fitted with four Hispano cannon in the fuselage belly and four .303 (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns mounted in the nose. On production Mk IIs the machine guns and ammunition tanks were accessed via two centrally hinged, sideways opening doors in the upper nose section. To arm and service the cannon the bomb bay doors were replaced by manually operated bay doors: the F and NF Mk IIs could not carry bombs. The type was also fitted with a gun camera in a compartment above the machine guns in the nose and was fitted with"
"50 Mosquito aircraft of all types. Tactical problems were just some of the difficulties facing the German night defences. The campaign against German oil industries in 1944 would cause serious issues for the service. After August 1944, the German night fighter force did not have enough fuel to train new crews or operate effectively. After this date, it ceased to pose a threat to Bomber Command. The campaigns of 1944 and the superiority of RAF and USAAF formations over Germany created problems for the German war effort. In response to this development, German industries were forced to disperse their production."
"Squadron started to receive de Havilland Mosquito FB VI fighter-bombers, flying its final missions on the Beaufighter in January 1944 and its first patrols on the Mosquito in February that year. In March its Mosquito FB.VIs were supplemented by a detachment of ex-618 Squadron Mosquito FB.XVIIIs (nicknamed ""Tsetse""), equipped with a 6-pounder (57 mm) cannon. The squadron used the ""Tsetse""s to attack shipping, and in particular German submarines, while the more conventional Mosquito FB.VIs provided fighter cover. On 10 May 1944, six Mosquitos of 248 Squadron, including two ""Tsetse"" aircraft, were ordered to attack the Japanese submarine ""I-29"", carrying a"
"with eight ""60 lb"" rockets. One of the higher-risk uses of the fighter-bomber Mosquito FB VI was by 21 Sqn., 464 (RAAF) Squadron and 487 (NZ) Squadron of No. 2 Group, 2nd Tactical Air Force in ""Operation Jericho"", a mission to destroy the walls and guards' quarters of Amiens prison to allow members of the French Resistance to escape. In the aftermath of the operation the Mosquito of Group Captain Percy Pickard was shot down. On 11 April 1944, after a request by Dutch resistance workers, six Mosquito FB VIs of No. 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron made a pinpoint"
"Mosquito. It then moved to RAF West Raynham, Norfolk to join No. 100 (Bomber Support) Group, participating in night time operations against enemy Nazi-Luftwaffe fighters. On 27 October 1944 during fighter affiliation training with No. 49 Squadron RAF, a Mosquito piloted by F/Lt J.H.Roberts and accompanied by Flight Engineer Sgt. A.M.Ashcroft, stalled and crashed in the woods, with the immediate death of both pilot and passenger. After the cessation of hostilities, in late 1945 the woods were bought by the newly formed Forestry Commission. Along with a lot of woodland within the River Trent valley, in the 1950s the site"
"tailplane used by ""W4050"", but had production standard wings and, thus configured, became the only Mosquito prototype to fly operationally. Construction of the fighter prototype, ""W4052"" was also carried out at the secret Salisbury Hall facility. This differed from its bomber brethren in a number of ways: it was powered by Merlin 21s; had an altered canopy structure with a flat bullet-proof windscreen; a solid nose mounted four .303 British Browning machine guns and their ammunition boxes, accessed by a single large, sideways hinged panel.; four 20 mm Hispano Mk II cannon were housed in a compartment under the cockpit"
"in the spring of 1944, the jet-powered Me 262, the ""Luftwaffe"" had relatively low numbers of fighters with a speed and altitude capability effectively to intercept the pressurised variants of Mosquito. But the German High Command would not give clear orders for their quantity production, which in any case would have been difficult because construction work had to be taken further east and carried out in concealed factories and tunnels. Aircraft fuel supplies were by then also becoming highly critical for the Nazis. Hitler in particular was at this stage fixated on ""vengeance"" weapons rather than fighters, denying leaders such"
"Havilland continued to produce high-performance aircraft including the twin-piston-engine DH 88 Comet racer, one of which became famous as the winner of the MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia in 1934. The high-performance designs and wooden construction methods culminated in the Mosquito, constructed primarily of wood which avoided use of strategic materials such as aluminium during the Second World War. The company followed this with the even higher-performing Hornet fighter, which was one of the pioneers of the use of metal-wood and metal-metal bonding techniques. An undocumented bombing occurred during this time period in which a German Bomber plane"
"became longtime residents. In 1982, four-year-old Jennifer Doherty drowned in a septic tank. With conditions similar to 1946, locals pumped out their basements when the Willow River flooded in 1997. During World War II, the largest producer in the British Empire of birch veneer plywood for building the ""Mosquito"" warplane was the Pacific Veneer Co. of New Westminster. Willow River shipped numerous railway carloads of birch logs to this factory. In 1943, Pacific Veneer upgraded the railway siding. The Willow River Sawmill, which had run intermittently for three years, was completely rebuilt with a new planer. H. Houle was lead"
"the Beaufighter and then by the even higher-performing de Havilland Mosquito, which would later accompany the Bomber stream on raids over Germany. In this role support was provided by No. 100 Group RAF with Mosquitos fitted with an assortment of devices, such as Perfectos and Serrate, for homing-in on German night fighters. The British also experimented with mounting pilot-operated AI Mark 6 radar sets in single-seat fighters, and the Hurricane II C(NF), a dozen of which were produced in 1942, became the first radar-equipped single-seat night-fighter in the world. It served with 245 and 247 Squadrons briefly and unsuccessfully before"
"modified by Vickers-Armstrongs to carry Highball ""bouncing bombs"" and were allocated Vickers Type numbers: About 5,000 of the total of 7,781 Mosquitos built had major structural components fabricated from wood in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Fuselages, wings and tailplanes were made at furniture companies such as Ronson, E. Gomme, Parker Knoll, Austinsuite and Styles & Mealing. Wing spars were made by J. B. Heath and Dancer & Hearne. Many of the other parts, including flaps, flap shrouds, fins, leading edge assemblies and bomb doors were also produced in the Buckinghamshire town. Dancer & Hearne processed much of the wood from"
"in July 1941, it was confirmed these would be unarmed fast bombers. By the end of January 1942, contracts had been awarded for 1,378 Mosquitos of all variants, including 20 T.III trainers and 334 FB.VI bombers. Another 400 were to be built by de Havilland Canada. On 20 April 1941, ""W4050"" was demonstrated to Lord Beaverbrook, the Minister of Aircraft Production. The Mosquito made a series of flights, including one rolling climb on one engine. Also present were US General Henry H. Arnold and his aide Major Elwood Quesada, who wrote ""I ... recall the first time I saw the"