Mosquito Lands with One Wing

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The story of when a WW2 Mosquito flew home on half a wing, one engine and a single gear

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The hugely versatile and high-performance DH98 Mosquito was unquestionably the greatest contribution by the De Havilland Aircraft Company to the success of the RAF in the Second World War.

The iconic design made use of a wooden 'sandwich' construction, drawing upon the experience gained from the high-speed DH88 Comet Racer, and the streamlined DH91 Albatross airliner. Such was its popularity amongst pilots that it soon became affectionately known as ‘The Wooden Wonder’. Originally conceived as a high-flying, unarmed photo-reconnaissance aircraft, the Mosquito saw service in wide-ranging roles from bomber / fighter-bomber, night-fighter, anti-shipping strike, trainer, torpedo bomber and even as a simple target tug.

By 1938, the Ministry had started looking for a heavily-armed, multi-role aircraft to which Geoffrey de Havilland responded ‘we believe that we could produce a twin-engine bomber which would have a performance so outstanding that little defensive equipment would be needed’.

Nevertheless, at a meeting in October of that year the Ministry showed very little interest and ordered the De Havilland Company to act as sub-contractors, building wings for other bombers as a sub-contractor.

By September 1939, Britain was at war and aircraft production in the UK was concentrated on the fighters such as the new Vickers Supermarine Spitfire and the Hawker Hurricane. New facilities were being created to meet the demand for these as well as heavy bombers like the Avro Lancaster, Vickers Wellington and Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley - wartime aircraft production was extremely focused.

As the conflict progressed, raw materials were in short supply and so the use of alternative, non-strategic construction resources was becoming increasingly important. Additionally, increasing significance was placed on the requirement for new aircraft designs to have a multi-role capability.

Despite their initial designs receiving an unfavourable reception, De Havilland persevered. Eventually and after a number of further impressive submissions, the Ministry warmed to the concept and a draft requirement was raised for a high-speed, light reconnaissance bomber capable of over 400 mph.

In order to maintain secrecy, the project was designed 6½ miles south of Hatfield at Salisbury Hall (former home of the infamous Nell Gwynne, mistress to Charles II). Additional connections to Winston Churchill and his family made this an ideal yet ironic hidden setting for the Design Team for one of Britain's favourite fighter aircraft.

Read more here
https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/de-havilland-mosquito

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