In the United Kingdom, the De Havilland Aircraft Company (founded by Geoffrey de Havilland, a cousin of Olivia de Havilland, the actress who dated Howard Hughes in 1938) used similar composite construction for aircraft including the DH.88 Comet, DH.91 Albatross, the Mosquito, and Vampire. OK Gang, here’s a great Flash from the Past video of me flying our DeHavilland B-35 Mosquito at Oshkosh decades ago when I was 36 YEARS OLD! It is still on display in the EAA Museum and, one day, will be disassembled and brought back to Florida. Produced. May 1940–1946. Number built. 5,928. Developed from. Bristol Beaufort. The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (often called the Beau) is a British multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was originally conceived as a heavy fighter variant of the Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber.
633 Squadron (1964) Wing Commander Roy Grant (Cliff Robertson) is the commander of 633 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, flying de Havilland Mosquitoes on raids against the German forces in occupied Europe during World War II. In the run up to D-Day in 1944, 633 Squadron is given a highly dangerous mission to bomb a German rocket fuel factory in
The Royal Air Force (RAF) begins attacking German V-1 flying bomb installations in early summer of 1944. The de Havilland Mosquito fighter-bomber aircraft of Squadron Leader David "Scotty" Scott is shot down during a low-level bombing raid on a V-1 launching site. Scott and his navigator/bomb-aimer are killed.
The Chipmunk was designed to be an all-metal single-engine tandem training aircraft with the traditional tailwheel landing gear. Powered by a 145-hp, in-line de Havilland Gypsy Moth "8" engine, the first Chipmunk, flew on May 22, 1946. Initially built as a trainer for the Royal Canadian Air Force De Havilland Canada went on to make a total of Over the years De Havilland (the company) and de Havilland (the family) faced many set backs. In 1943, the founder's 2nd eldest son John was killed in a 'freak' mid-air collision whilst test flying a Mosquito over St Albans whilst in 1946, eldest son Geoffrey de Havilland Junior lost his life whilst carrying out high-speed trials in the DH108 Myx2e.
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