De Havilland Mosquito

NAMEDESCRIPTION
De Havilland MosquitoThe de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the “Wooden Wonder”, or “Mossie”. Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production, nicknamed it “Freeman’s Folly”, alluding to Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Freeman, who defended Geoffrey de Havilland and his design concept against orders to scrap the project.[6] In 1941, it was one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world
SERIAL NUMBERNAME OF MUSEUMCITYSTATE/COUNTRY
RS712EAA ADVENTUREOSHKOSHWISCONSIN
 PLANES OF FAMECHINOCALIFORNIA
W4050DEHAVILAND AIRCRAFT MUSEUMLONDON CONLEYUNITED KINGDOM
KB336CANADA AVIATION AND SPACE MUSEUMOTTOWAONTARIO
TV959FLYING HERITAGE AND COMBAT ARMOR MUSEUMEVERETTWASHINGTON
RK952Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military HistoryBRUSSELSBELGIUM
RS709WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE MUSEUMDAYTONOHIO
TA719IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUMDUXFORD, CAMBRIDGESHIREUNITED KINGDOM
TA639ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM COSFORD , SHROPSHIREUNITED KINGDOM
SPECIFICATIONSDESCRIPTION
STATUSFLYABLE
MANUFACTURERDE HAVILIAND
YEAR1963
MODELDE HAVILIAND
MOSQUITO
CREW2
MAX T/O WEIGHT25,000 LBS (11,340 KG)
SPAN54 ft 2 in (16.51 m)
LENGTH44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
HEIGHT17 ft 5 in (5.31 m)
MAXIMUM SPEED415 mph (668 km/h, 361 kn) at 28,000 ft (8,500 m)
CRUISE SPEED268 mph (431 km/h) at 22,500 ft (6,900 m).
RATE OF CLIMB2,850 ft/min (14.5 m/s)
POWERPLANT1 × Rolls-Royce Merlin 76 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 1,710 hp (1,280 kW) driving the left propeller
RANGE 1,300 mi (2,100 km, 1,100 nmi)
SERVICE CEILING 37,000 ft (11,000 m)
ARMAMENTBombs: 4,000 lb (1,800 kg)