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de Havilland Mosquito
Specifications (de Havilland D.H.98 Mosquito FB.Mk VI)
Type: Two Seat Fighter Bomber, Reconnaissance & Night Fighter
Design: de Havilland Design Team
Manufacturer: The de Havilland Aircraft Company, Hatfield and Leavesden, also built by Airspeed, Percival Aircraft and Standard Motors (Canley). Built by de Havilland Aircraft Pty, in Australia and de Havilland Aircraft of Canada.
Powerplant: (Mks II, III, IV and early Vs) Two 1,230 hp (918 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin 21 engines. (Late FB.Mk VI) Two 1,635 hp (1219 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin 25 engines. (Mk IX) Two 1,680 hp (1253 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin 72 engines. (Mk XVI) Two 1,680 hp (1253 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin 72 or 1,710 hp (1276 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin 73/77 engines. (Mk 30) Two 1,710 hp (1276 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin 76 engines. (Mk 33) Two 1,635 hp (1219 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin 25 engines. (Mk 34/35/36) Two 1,690 hp (1260 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin 113/114 engines. Many other variants had corresponding Merlins made by Packard.
Performance: Maximum speed 362 mph (583 km/h) at 5,500 ft (1675 m); maximum cruising speed 325 mph (523 km/h) at 15,000 ft (4570 m); service ceiling 33,000 ft (10060 m); initial climb rate of 1,870 ft per minute with a climb to 15,000 ft in 9 minutes 30 seconds.
Fuel: 453 Imp gal (544 US gal) plus provision for a 66.5 Imp gal (79.9 US gal) fuselage tank. (Externally) Up to 200 Imp gal (240 US gal) in 2 × 100 or 50 Imp gal (120 or 60 US gal) underwing droptanks.
Range: 1,650 miles (2655 km) with internal bombload.
Weight: Empty 14,300 lbs (6486 kg) with a loaded take-off weight of 22,300 lbs (10115 kg).
Dimensions: Span 54 ft 2 in (16.51 m); length 40 ft 10 3/4 in (12.47 m); height 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m); wing area 454 sq ft (42.18 sq m).
Armament: Four 20 mm Hispano Mk II cannon with 150 rounds per gun in the lower nose and four 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Browning Mk II machine-guns in the upper nose plus 2,000 lbs (907 kg) of bombs or 1,000 lbs (454 kg) of bombs and eight 60 lbs rocket projectiles.
History: First flight (prototype Mk I) 25 November 1940; first flight (NF.Mk II) 15 May 1941; first flight (T.Mk III) January 1942; first delivery (B.Mk IV) 105 Squadron at Swanton Morley in November 1941.
Operators: Austraila, Belguim, Canada (RCAF), China, Czechoslavakia, France, Yugoslavia, New Zealand, Norway, Soviet Union, Turkey, United Kingdom (RAF, RN, BOAC), United States (AAF).
Number Built: 7,781
Number Still Airworthy: One (Previously airworthy, but has not flown for the last few years.)
Nicknames: Mossie; Balsa Bomber; Wooden Wonder; Freeman's Folly (early nickname referring to Air Council member Sir Wilfred Freeman); Tsetse (Mk XVIII anti-shipping variant).
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