On September 17, 1941, the de Havilland Mosquito flew its first operational sortie, proving the effectiveness of its revolutionary speed-over-firepower design during a photographic reconnaissance ...

For over 10 years now, New Zealand has been at the forefront of restoring airworthy examples of the legendary de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito WWII multirole aircraft, and we at Vintage Aviation News have ...

Click to open image viewer. Officials in the British Air Ministry vehemently resisted building it, but from the day production finally began in 1941 until the war ended, the Royal Air Force never had ...

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 ...

Geoffrey de Havilland was one of the most influential aircraft designers of the 20th century. Take a tour of the museum dedicated to his genius. On the list of the most influential aircraft designers ...