An often forgotten aircraft that was nevertheless the pinnacle of its type. Most have heard of the Mosquito, but many forget…
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de Havilland Mosquito
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Did you know that during WWII German night fighter pilots suffered from “Moskitoschreck” (“Mosquito terror”)? Here’s why ‘The Wooden Wonder’ was the most feared Allied plane in WWII by the Axis
by Dario LeoneThe Mosquitoes shot down several hundred German night fighters (278 total), in addition to which a number of German fighters crashed…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Rare footage shows the most impressive line-up of English Electric Canberra aircraft ever
by Dario LeoneThe video in this post is previously unseen RAF Museum Archive footage of different variants of the English Electric Canberra (with…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary AviationWarbirds
Bomber Command’s Battle of Berlin was the First Electronics War in Aviation History
by Dario LeoneThere were two key questions that needed answering if Bomber Command was to achieve success in the Battle of Berlin. First,…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary AviationWarbirds
LOST MOSQUITO BLUEPRINTS DISCOVERED JUST BEFORE DEMOLITION OF FORMER DE HAVILLAND FACTORY
by Dario LeoneThe drawings have been donated to The People’s Mosquito charity group that is planning to use them to restore a de…
