Mosquito (Total: 7,777, Canadian: 39, Group 39)

de Havilland Mosquito

(British Aerospace photo) (Source Bomber Command Museum of Canada)

The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a British twin-engine shoulder-winged multi-role combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. It was one of few operational front-line aircraft of the era whose frame was constructed almost entirely of wood. Nicknamed The Wooden Wonder, it was affectionately as the "Mossie" to its crews. The total number of DH98 Mosquito aircraft built was 7,781, the type serving with the main Allied air forces, including both the United States and Russia.

When Mosquito production began in 1941 it was the fastest propeller driven operational aircraft in the world. The first variant was an unarmed, high-speed, high-altitude photo-reconnaissance aircraft. Originally conceived as an unarmed fast bomber, the Mosquito's use evolved during the war into many roles including low to medium-altitude daytime tactical bomber, high-altitude night bomber, pathfinder, day or night fighter, fighter-bomber, intruder, and maritime strike aircraft. It was also used by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) as a fast transport to carry small high-value cargoes to, and from, neutral countries, through enemy-controlled airspace. The crew of two, pilot and navigator, sat side by side, but a single passenger could ride in the aircraft's bomb bay when necessary.

The Mosquito FB Mk. VI was often flown in special raids, such as Operation Jericho, an attack on Amiens Prison in early 1944, and precision attacks against military intelligence, security and police facilities (such as Gestapo headquarters). On the 10th anniversary of the Nazi' seizure of power in 1943, a morning Mosquito attack knocked out the main Berlin broadcasting station while Hermann Goering was speaking, putting his speech off the air. Goering later said: "It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops."

The Mosquito flew with the RCAF and other air forces in the European, Mediterranean and Italian theatres. After the end of the Second World War Spartan Air Services flew 10 ex-RAF Mosquitoes, mostly B.35's plus one of only six PR.35's built, for high-altitude photographic survey work in Canada. There are approximately 30 non-flying Mosquitos around the world with five airworthy examples, four in the United States, and one in Canada. Harold Skaarup web page and Wikipedia

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Museum BAE Systems (formerly De Havilland)

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unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Kestrel Publications USAAF F-8 Mosquito Serial Numbers

Royal Canadian Air Force Mosquitos shipped to Taiwanese Airforce

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP178

s/n VP178

VP 178

Known Units: 14

Converted to TT.Mk. 35 by Brooklands Aviation Ltd.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1957-April-16 Struck off Strength

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP179

s/n VP179

VP 179

Known Units: 231OCU; 139


last update: 2025-May-31
   1950-October-17 Landing Accident on single-engined landing Hemswell damaged beyond repair

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP180

s/n VP180

VP 180

Known Units: 14; CSE; 527


last update: 2025-May-31
   1956-December-18 Struck off Strength

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP181

s/n VP181

VP 181

Known Units: 98

Converted to TT.Mk. 35 by Brooklands Aviation Ltd.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1957-April-16 Struck off Strength

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP182

s/n VP182

VP 182

Known Units: 139


last update: 2025-May-31
   1948-October-07 Accident Crash Flew into sea during night bombing exercise 1m N of Heligoland

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP183

s/n VP183

VP 183

Known Units: 58

Converted to PR.Mk. 35 by De Havilland Leavesden.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1952-April-04 Take-off Accident Swung on take-off and under carriage collapsed Benson

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP184

s/n VP184

VP 184

Known Units: CBE; 109; 139


last update: 2025-May-31
   1954-September-21 Struck off Strength

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP185

s/n VP185

VP 185

Known Units: 139


last update: 2025-May-31
   1955-March-02 Struck off Strength

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP186

s/n VP186

VP 186

Known Units: 139; 231OCU


last update: 2025-May-31
   1949-February-16 Landing Accident Engines cut bellylanded at Woodhall Spa

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP187

s/n VP187

VP 187

Known Units: 231OCU; 109


last update: 2025-May-31
   1954-September-21 Struck off Strength

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP188

s/n VP188

VP 188

Known Units:


last update: 2025-May-31
   1954-November-26 Struck off Strength

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP189

s/n VP189

Airspeed div of de Havilland

VP 189

Merlin 114

Known Units: 231OCU; 14

Delivered to 19 MU 15 Mar 1948, then to 231 OCU 12 Oct 1948. Cat E2 landing accident at Coningsby 20 Dec 1948 but was repaired and sent to 22 MU. Sent to RAF Celle in West Germany and 14 Sqn by 28 Sep 1950. Back to 22 MU on 3 Mar 1951. One of 10 RAF surplus Mosquitos sold to Spartan Air Services of Ottawa, ON on 15 Dec 1954 for photo survey work. Civil conversion done by Derby Aviation Ltd. at Derby/Burnaston airfield. Ferried to Canada via Prestwick 3 Jun 1955. On Canadian civil registry as CF-HMQ. Employed on high-altitude photo survey work in Canada and later in Kenya. Blown by wind into parked aircraft at Timmins ON 10 Jun 1956. Sent to Spartan Air Services (Eastern) Ltd., Nairobi, Kenya in Nov 1957. Kenyan civil registration of VP-KOM issued but not taken up. Returned to Blackbushe UK for repairs 25 Apr 1958 and then back to Canada via Prestwick 4 May 1958. Last flight with Spartan from Grand Prairie AB to Ottawa-Uplands arriving on 14 Oct 1963 with approx. 1200 airframe hours. Put into storage. Sold to Col J.K. Campbell of Edmonton AB, former CO of RCAF 418 Sqn on 14 Sep 1967. Displayed on an outdoor plinth at CFB Edmonton 1968-1975 in the markings VA114/TH-F where the elements and vandalism took its toll. Was subsequently donated to the City of Edmonton where it was was stored disassembled from 1975-1991 in their Artifacts Centre. In 1993 it was loaned to the Alberta Aviation Museum. A static restoration was completed in 1995 by museum volunteers with the Mosquito now appearing as solid-nose FB.Mk. VI HR147/TH-Z "Hairless Joe" of 418 Sqn as flown by W/C Russell Bannock DSO DFC and RAF Flight Lieutenant Robert Bruce DFC.

Museum Alberta Aviation Museum-Edmonton AB


last update: 2025-February-05
   1954-December-15 Sold as Surplus Sold CF-HMQ VP-KOM CF-HMQ pres. City of Edmonton Avn Mus as HR147/TH-Z

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP190

s/n VP190

VP 190

Known Units: SF Hemswell

Converted to TT.Mk. 35 by Brooklands Aviation Ltd.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1955-March-02 Struck off Strength

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP191

s/n VP191

VP 191

Known Units: 14; 3/4CAACU

Converted to TT.Mk. 35 by Brooklands Aviation Ltd.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1962-July-17 Take-off Accident Abandoned take-off and overshot into hedge Weston-super-Mare

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP192

s/n VP192

VP 192

Known Units: 139; 109


last update: 2025-May-31
   1957-January-14 Struck off Strength

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP193

s/n VP193

VP 193

Known Units: 231OCU


last update: 2025-May-31
   1949-November-22 Take-off Accident after take-off 3m SE of Coningsby

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP194

s/n VP194

VP 194

Known Units: 231OCU; 139


last update: 2025-May-31
   1950-July-03 Landing Accident Undershot single-engined landing and hit ground 1m N of Hemswell

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP195

s/n VP195

VP 195

Known Units: 98


last update: 2025-May-31
   1949-March-01 Accident Crash Hangar blown down in gale Wahn damaged beyond repair

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP196

s/n VP196

VP 196

Known Units: 139; 231OCU; SF Coningsby; SF Hemswell


last update: 2025-May-31
   1954-August-31 Struck off Strength

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP197

s/n VP197

VP 197

Known Units: 230OCU; 109; SF Hemswell

Converted to TT.Mk. 35 by Brooklands Aviation Ltd.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1957-January-16 Struck off Strength

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP198

s/n VP198

VP 198

Known Units: CBE


last update: 2025-May-31
   1954-November-29 Struck off Strength

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP199

s/n VP199

VP 199

Known Units: 231OCU; 109


last update: 2025-May-31
   1950-January-05 Accident Crash Flew into hill in cloud Mickle Fell Yorks.

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP200

s/n VP200

Airspeed div of de Havilland

VP 200

Merlin 114A

Known Units:

Initially stored at Airspeed from 19 Sep 1947 including some conversion work. To 15MU, Wroughton for storage 23 Apr 1948. Delivered to 27MU at Shawbury 10 Mar 1950.
One of 5 RAF surplus Mosquitos sold to Spartan Air Services of Ottawa, ON on 18 Aug 1955 to provide spare components for the 10 aircraft bought in Dec 1954. Delivered to Croydon 15 Aug 1955 and remained in open storage until 1957. Delivered to Hurn 26 Jan 1957 for parts recovery. Struck off civil register 10 Oct 1957. Remains handed over to Hurn Airport Fire Service for training. Hulk still present in 1965.


with notes from Geoff Goodall's Aviation History Site


last update: 2025-February-05
   1955-August-18 Sold as Surplus Sold CF-IMB
   1960 Scrapped Burned Hurn

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP201

s/n VP201

VP 201

Known Units: 230OCU; 109


last update: 2025-May-31
   1953-January-21 Struck off Strength

Mosquito B.Mk. 35 serial VP202

s/n VP202

VP 202

Known Units: 14


last update: 2025-May-31
   1949-April-29 Landing Accident Undershot landing and bellylanded Wahn

Mosquito T.Mk. III serial VP342

s/n VP342

VP 342

Known Units: ETPS


last update: 2025-May-31
   1948-October-08 Landing Accident on overshoot Farnborough

Mosquito T.Mk. III serial VP343

s/n VP343

VP 343

Known Units: 36; 228OCU; 231OCU; FETS


last update: 2025-May-31
   1955-September-01 Struck off Strength

Mosquito T.Mk. III serial VP344

s/n VP344

VP 344

Known Units: 8OTU; 237OCU; 1OFU


last update: 2025-May-31
   1951-July-03 Landing Accident on single-engined approach Abingdon

Mosquito T.Mk. III serial VP345

s/n VP345

VP 345

Known Units: 504


last update: 2025-May-31
   1948-March-13 Take-off Accident Caught fire on take-off and crashed Hucknall

Mosquito T.Mk. III serial VP346

s/n VP346

VP 346

Known Units: FPTF; 1689 Flt


last update: 2025-May-31
   1951-January-31 Landing Accident Swung on landing and under carriage collapsed Aston Down

Mosquito T.Mk. III serial VP347

s/n VP347

VP 347

Known Units: Pershore; SF Manston; 540; FTU


last update: 2025-May-31
   1954-October-26 Accident Crash Engine cut forcelanded at Benson damaged beyond repair

Mosquito T.Mk. III serial VP348

s/n VP348

VP 348

Known Units: Pershore; SF Manston; CFS; 13; 219; 39


last update: 2025-May-31
   1956-July-10 Struck off Strength

Mosquito T.Mk. III serial VP349

s/n VP349

VP 349

Known Units: 502; 204AFS; FETS


last update: 2025-May-31
   1954-July-01 Landing Accident Swung on landing and under carriage collapsed Seletar

Mosquito T.Mk. III serial VP350

s/n VP350

VP 350

Known Units: 504


last update: 2025-May-31
   1947-August-23 Take-off Accident on take-off Hucknall

Mosquito T.Mk. III serial VP351

s/n VP351

VP 351

Known Units: 608; 19; 29; APS Sylt


last update: 2025-May-31
   1956-February-24 Struck off Strength

Mosquito T.Mk. III serial VP352

s/n VP352

VP 352

Known Units: 502; 204AFS


last update: 2025-May-31
   1951-January-26 Landing Accident Swung on landing and under carriage torn off Swinderby

Mosquito T.Mk. III serial VP353

s/n VP353

VP 353

Known Units:


last update: 2025-May-31
   1949-May-05 to Armee de l'air (France)

Mosquito T.Mk. III serial VP354

s/n VP354

VP 354

Known Units: 616; 81


last update: 2025-May-31
   1954-January-01 Landing Accident Swung an landing and under carriage collapsed Seletar 1

Mosquito T.Mk. III serial VP355

s/n VP355

VP 355

Known Units: RN RDU


last update: 2025-May-31
   1953-October-09 Landing Accident on single engined overshoot Brawdy