Mosquito wooden air planes

Wooden Mosquito Airplane Manufacturing in Australia -1944 de Havilland DH98

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7cVvYdLeek

Of course all these years later we realise that the construction in wood will produce a 'Stealth' cover that today is so highly required in modern war planes and boats.

Roy (thanks for telling me notty)
These planes were made in joinery shops for a ten year period,over 7000 were made,

de Havilland D.H.98 Mosquito


The classic DH 98 Mosquito nightfighter found few challengers in World War 2.

By Staff Writer

Few can find much fault in the de Havilland design of its Mosquito series of nightfighters featured so prominently in the Battle of Britain and throughout the entire World War Two campaigns across Europe. The twin-engine nightfighter offered up a level of protection unseen before and would solidify its place in the Pantheon of military aviation history with stellar sortie ratios and performance handling.

The initial design foray for Mosquito production resulted in three similar takes on the same premise - to produce a fighter / bomber capable of flying high enough and fast enough that no defensive weapon could threaten it (a common formula for much of the Cold War-era jet bomber designs). The three models became the Mosquito in dayfighter, bomber and fighter-bomber variants. Production proceeded on the bomber variant while designs for the fighter and a specialized photo-reconnaissance variant was drawn up.