Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: The De Havilland Mosquito, affectionately known as “Mossie” and the “Wooden Wonder,” overcame initial skepticism to become one of WWII’s most versatile and ...

At de Havilland in 1943, a worker prepares wood strips for a Mosquito hull. Imperial War Museum Conceived as a light bomber, the World War II de Havilland Mosquito was designed to defend itself with ...

It Slices! It Dices! It shucks Oysters! But really...the Mossie was a bomber, fighter, night fighter, intruder, ...

The de Havilland Mosquito light-weight bomber or better known as the “wooden wonder” made these dangerous aerial special operations feasible. The Mosquito was made mostly of wood as it was more ...

Flight Lieutenant Desmond Curtis, who has died aged 100, flew more than 70 sorties in Beaufighter and Mosquito strike aircraft and was awarded the DFC for attacks in the lead-up to D-Day. In March ...

The DH 98 Mosquito (aka "Mossie") was one of the most adaptable aircraft used during World War II, with at least forty-two uniquely different versions built and operated by the British and her Allies.

LONDON—A composite, single piece main wing was among the advances developed by Spirit AeroSystems as part of the UK’s now-canceled Mosquito Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA) ...

Akaer of Brazil is presenting a conceptual twin-engine multi-role aircraft called the Mosquito at the 2019 LAAD Defence & Security exposition that, if developed, would be the company’s first aircraft.

The Cayman Islands Government is investing $1.8 million in new planes for the Mosquito Research and Control Unit, which is battling another surge in mosquitoes. The MRCU has ...

This fire-breathing 27-liter 1,800-horsepower Roll-Royce Merlin aero engine famously powered the Spitfire, Hurricane, Mustang, Lancaster and Mosquito WW2 aircraft. It has been mounted on a trailer for ...