1945 DE HAVILLAND DH.98 FB MKVI MOSQUITO N474PZ, Pilot Mr. Steve Hinton Planes Of Fame Air Museum

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I had a Fantastic time at The Planes Of Fame Air Museum today recording this Epic Warbird.
PZ474 was originally constructed at Hatfield in 1945 and used for RAF training before moving on to New Zealand in 1948 and where it was overhauled and delivered to 75 squadron as Nz2384. Later, ending up at Whiteman Air Park, San Fernando, California. PZ474 was cancelled from the civil register in December 1970. Well-known warbird collector Ed Maloney looked to put a deal together for PZ474...
In 2014, the remains were acquired by Rod Lewis of Lewis Air Legends in San Antonio, Texas and the project was shipped to Avspecs Ltd in New Zealand for restoration to flying condition. After a 5 year rebuild it returned to the air on January 13 2019. PZ474, was later acquired by Charles Somers May of 2020. PZ474 is one of only four airworthy types in the world today.
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  • @ianturpin9180
    @ianturpin91802 жыл бұрын

    It's shameful that we don't have one flying in the RAF heritage flight in the UK.

  • @hoagybob

    @hoagybob

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't worry as we give the Brits plenty of credit for their nonstop legacy of amazing aircraft. And this particular one is in very good hands...

  • @Templar7832

    @Templar7832

    Жыл бұрын

    Check out the People's Mosquito. They are building one in Britain :-)

  • @mcahill135
    @mcahill1352 жыл бұрын

    Love the sounds of the Merlin engines whether it be a Lancaster, a Spitfire, a Hurricane or a Mustang. Great engine, great airplanes, great sound!

  • @mcahill135

    @mcahill135

    2 жыл бұрын

    And of course the Mossie too!

  • @MarsFKA

    @MarsFKA

    Жыл бұрын

    The Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre has a Mosquito restored to display condition. The bonus - the really HUGE bonus - is that the engines still run. They brought it out each day during the Classic fighters Omaka air show at Easter and ran the engines up several times a day. The crowds came flocking and I flocked right along with them, betcha! Do a KZread search for Classic Fighters Omaka 2023 and videos of the Mosquito with show up.

  • @mothmagic1

    @mothmagic1

    Жыл бұрын

    And it sounds slightly different in each type.

  • @wilburfinnigan2142

    @wilburfinnigan2142

    3 ай бұрын

    @@mothmagic1 Each type used a different version of the Merlin engine, there were over 50 variations of the engine !!!

  • @keithallver2450
    @keithallver24502 жыл бұрын

    When it comes to the Mossie, the Brits created a flying work of art.

  • @itsonlyme9938

    @itsonlyme9938

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wood Screws and a pot of glue. is what its made from

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@itsonlyme9938 And a hell of a lot of skill. Top furniture and Piano maker's were seconded ,to build them.

  • @simoncox658

    @simoncox658

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@itsonlyme9938 really! It's a British engineering masterpiece and the most versatile aircraft of ww2

  • @marklancaster2329

    @marklancaster2329

    2 жыл бұрын

    The spitfire, hurricane , typhoon! The list goes on!

  • @luvstellauk

    @luvstellauk

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@itsonlyme9938 It's how that wood and glue were used that makes the aircraft actually quite advanced for it's time.

  • @4shink
    @4shink Жыл бұрын

    Steve Hinton must be the contemporary equivalent of "Winkle" Brown in that he appears as the pilot of virtually every WWII rebuilt aircraft on You Tube....thank you Sir for the tender care of these historic relics.

  • @aaaht3810
    @aaaht38102 жыл бұрын

    That's one beautiful bird. So glad we have so many people dedicated to keeping these old warbirds flying.

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    Жыл бұрын

    This one is vertually brand new--totally rebuilt in New Zealand.

  • @spikespa5208

    @spikespa5208

    4 ай бұрын

    A case of form following function. And the form turned out absolutely gorgeous.

  • @chrishay8385
    @chrishay83852 жыл бұрын

    Awsome plane. wonderful that their are people with big enough wallets and skills to bring these amazing old aircraft back to life again,what a noise!!

  • @robleary3353

    @robleary3353

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not so much the aircraft, but! Also preserving the memory of those who flew them in combat and the female ferry pilots that flew them and other aircraft into the squadrons that needed them, plus the tireless ground and engineering crews that kept them flying. Lest we forget.

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    2 жыл бұрын

    'NOISE; ? MUSIC !

  • @topturretgunner
    @topturretgunner2 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful airplane. The lines are a treat to the eyes.

  • @simongray8019
    @simongray80192 жыл бұрын

    Next to the Spitfire it's probably one of the most beautiful aircraft military aircraft ever built

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    2 жыл бұрын

    True, but if it's 'next' to the Spitfire, there's no ' Probably' about it. Its a personal view I know.

  • @genefortney9133

    @genefortney9133

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @genefortney9133

    @genefortney9133

    2 жыл бұрын

    Almost a tie with the Spitfire

  • @JackFlemingFan1

    @JackFlemingFan1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Noooooooooo doubt about it!!

  • @simoncox658

    @simoncox658

    2 жыл бұрын

    I would say this, the spitfire, the p38 lightening and P51D mustang are all equally beautiful.

  • @JackFlemingFan1
    @JackFlemingFan12 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for posting your video of that beautiful De Havilland Mosquito! The sound of those Rolls-Royce Merlin engines is music to the ears!

  • @wilburfinnigan2142

    @wilburfinnigan2142

    3 ай бұрын

    JackFleming 1500 of the Canadian built Mosquitos used the PACKARD made in America version of the merlin !! !

  • @JackFlemingFan1

    @JackFlemingFan1

    3 ай бұрын

    @wilburfinnigan2142 True, but it doesn't matter either American or British built the engines sound fantastic!

  • @geoffcrisp7225
    @geoffcrisp72252 жыл бұрын

    My uncle now dead flew these in the later stages of WW2, Eddy Crisp was his name.

  • @stevelukoski7152
    @stevelukoski7152 Жыл бұрын

    One of my models in my room as a child. I loved them. Spitfires , corsairs, b17s, lancasters...

  • @littlepippin8445
    @littlepippin84452 жыл бұрын

    Did you know much of the wooden air frames for the Mosquitos were hand made in various different furniture makers and coach workshops up and down the country - these dedicated craftsmen had the best skills and tools to do the job.

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's more or less what Goering said.

  • @roadsweeper1

    @roadsweeper1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thats one thing that Goering recognised about the mosquito, "In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now! It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set - then at least I'll own something that has always worked." production wasnt kept to just large, easily targeted aircraft factories, every piano and furniture factory out there was pushing out parts of the mossie.

  • @littlepippin8445

    @littlepippin8445

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@roadsweeper1 Hess managed to get to Scotland in a Messerschmidt in 1941 !!!

  • @slammerf16

    @slammerf16

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@littlepippin8445 that was a one way trip though.. 😏😏

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    Жыл бұрын

    AND--so it was in Canada, were many Mosquitos were made.

  • @andrewrodger775
    @andrewrodger7752 жыл бұрын

    The legendary Wooden Wonder. Great video thanks for sharing.

  • @REDLION0044
    @REDLION00442 жыл бұрын

    Truly magical. Thanks to all who made this restoration possible.

  • @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

    @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

    11 ай бұрын

    I think it's a Kiwi new build.

  • @stealthkiwi1869
    @stealthkiwi18692 жыл бұрын

    And Kiwis made it fly again, went to the place in Clevedon Auckland where the concrete molds are to build the fuselage, great stuff.

  • @chrisnorman8628

    @chrisnorman8628

    2 жыл бұрын

    No, Drury actually and the molds are made from wood. I was part of the team consructing the fuselage.

  • @stealthkiwi1869

    @stealthkiwi1869

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@chrisnorman8628 When I was at Glyn's property I was looking at concrete molds near the shed.

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    Жыл бұрын

    Clevedon eh ? thats 12 miles from me, in Somerset. Oh--wrong one.

  • @stealthkiwi1869

    @stealthkiwi1869

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MrDaiseymay New Zealand

  • @scienceistruth1924

    @scienceistruth1924

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stealthkiwi1869 I think the original molds were made of concrete as I have seen one at Shenley where the Prototype is still housed, I guess it was used as they needed to be robust for production runs ,but the one off reconstruction I guess a wooden former was way more user friendly

  • @robleary3353
    @robleary33532 жыл бұрын

    Love the roar and echo of those Merlins. How can such a gracefull aircraft be a warbird?.

  • @212MPH

    @212MPH

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's a British aircraft we dont use Americanisms like war bird. It's not a bird is it ?

  • @robleary3353

    @robleary3353

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@212MPH naff off!. It's a generic description.

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@212MPH Don't be so pedantic, War Bird id a well known expression in Britain.

  • @212MPH

    @212MPH

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MrDaiseymay you mean wannabe Anerican Brits. Never heard the old boys at Duxford restoration use the term.

  • @arkhsm

    @arkhsm

    2 жыл бұрын

    If those 8 machine guns in the nose were aiming at you, you'd feel like a mouse in a field, with a hawk coming for you !!

  • @rmstitanic8163
    @rmstitanic81632 жыл бұрын

    The Wooden Wonder. A pure masterpiece! 👌

  • @mitchblum3213
    @mitchblum3213 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely one of the most beautiful and deadly flying machine ever built!

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    Жыл бұрын

    My favourite Mozzie raids, was the two seperate raids on Berlin in Daylight, When three planes, each bombed and machine gunned Goering's Hour long Radio Speech to the People, causing it to be postponed, and 2 hours later, doing the same to Gobbels speech . Sadly , one plane was downed and the crew killed, they are buried in a Berlin Cemetary.

  • @colinmiles1052
    @colinmiles10522 жыл бұрын

    THE Most beautiful thing in the sky ever! Great work!

  • @robertbate5790
    @robertbate57902 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant. Many thanks to all concerned for saving such an important piece of flying history, and all that it, and others like it, stand for. Memory is short, but history lives forever.

  • @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

    @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

    11 ай бұрын

    I think it's a Kiwi new build.

  • @robertbate5790

    @robertbate5790

    11 ай бұрын

    @@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Ok, thank you. 🇬🇧

  • @leonardlloyd1089
    @leonardlloyd10892 жыл бұрын

    The mosquito is one of my favorite WW2 planes!

  • @lawrencespies8674
    @lawrencespies86742 жыл бұрын

    The sexiest, most beautiful aircraft ever built! Next in line... Lockheed Constellation.

  • @rogergclark1
    @rogergclark12 жыл бұрын

    My Dad worked on these planes during the war at Hatfield Essex

  • @rogerwilliams2902
    @rogerwilliams29022 жыл бұрын

    Two round trips from the UK to Berlin with a few bombs, in one day....Mosquito and Mustang best looking planes of the war in my view.

  • @slammerf16

    @slammerf16

    2 жыл бұрын

    up to 4000lbs to Berlin - Express Delivery. She's Beauty AND the Beast!

  • @alpearson9158

    @alpearson9158

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@slammerf16 considering the b-17 could only carry 4500 lbs for that distance it's quite illuminating

  • @wilburfinnigan2142

    @wilburfinnigan2142

    3 ай бұрын

    @@slammerf16 4,000# ONLY if the plane was modified to carry a modified bomb !!! Otherwise the bomb load of a bomber version ws 4 500# bombs !!! 2,000#'s !!!!!

  • @wilburfinnigan2142

    @wilburfinnigan2142

    3 ай бұрын

    @@alpearson9158 USAAFspecs on wartime B17's were 6,000# for 2000 miles !!!

  • @slammerf16

    @slammerf16

    3 ай бұрын

    @@wilburfinnigan2142 and yet the average load to Germany was 3900lbs for the B17. B24 was the better bomber. Mosquito carried up to 4000lbs as I said. Yes they were modified with bulging bomb bay doors but that was it. Same engines.

  • @mikejohnson5900
    @mikejohnson59002 жыл бұрын

    Love the Mosquitos - what a beautiful aircraft!

  • @sophdog1678
    @sophdog16782 жыл бұрын

    Spitfire pilot: My plane has a Merlin engine! Mosquito pilot: Pfft. My plane has TWO Merlin engines. Lancaster pilot: Hahaha, you crazy kids.

  • @arthurblundell6128
    @arthurblundell61282 жыл бұрын

    Geoffrey de Havilland's work was rejected in 1938 (the ministry wouldn't accept a wooden plane) but he carried the work on and was given an order for 50 aircraft in 1940....the aircraft then wrote its own legacy -- able to handle any job thrown at it

  • @waynester71
    @waynester712 жыл бұрын

    Mosquitoes.. a beauty & for sure formidable.. I live just 20 minutes away from the De Havilland museum in London Colney UK..

  • @RogersRamblings
    @RogersRamblings2 жыл бұрын

    There's only one thing better than a Merlin engine in a Hurricane or a Spitfire and that's two Merlins in a Mossie. Good work by the team that rebuilt it.

  • @davidstroud7428

    @davidstroud7428

    2 жыл бұрын

    Try 4 in a Lancaster??

  • @RogersRamblings

    @RogersRamblings

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@davidstroud7428 That's the one thing better than two Merlins in a Mossie. 😂

  • @AviationHighlights
    @AviationHighlights2 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful sound and sight. Can’t wait to have one of these home in the UK again!

  • @malck234

    @malck234

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's the one aircraft the BoB memorial flight is missing....

  • @AviationHighlights

    @AviationHighlights

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@malck234 Very much so. There are a couple on the way though, not for the BBMF but from other companies. Furthest one ahead is The People's Mosquito.

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    Жыл бұрын

    Then why don't you do as I, and many Mozzie fans have done, and donate to ''The Peoples Mosquito Fund'', which is well on it's way. As usual . it takes money---to restore these wonder's of the Air.

  • @AviationHighlights

    @AviationHighlights

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MrDaiseymay Absolutely, and I have. I’ve been a member for a few years now.

  • @chriswhitton2854
    @chriswhitton28542 жыл бұрын

    Thanks very much Joseph. Great work.

  • @planeman1995
    @planeman19952 жыл бұрын

    My children live near the De Havilland museum not far from Edgware. I have visited it 4/5 times and am enthralled every time I visit. A definite must see for all aviation enthusists. I also served in the RAF at Northwood in 1964 and saw Warrant Officer Moore there a few times, a former WW2 Mosquito navigator. An immensely respected man. 1 also flew back from Singapore in 1954 on a Canadair Argonaut, basically a DC4 but with Merlin engines. What a treat for a young boy aged 7. (My dad was in the British Army).

  • @Josephsaviationvp
    @Josephsaviationvp2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you to all…you all have such great comments for this video and for the airplane. Keep ‘‘em flying!

  • @sundownerstudios4614
    @sundownerstudios46142 жыл бұрын

    That was a great day for sure and your video captured it! Well done!

  • @ColinH1973
    @ColinH19732 жыл бұрын

    Excellent footage, Joe. Thanks from the UK.

  • @peterhoulis1184
    @peterhoulis11842 жыл бұрын

    Great design and and awesome aircraft , thx for your service

  • @fatboyrowing
    @fatboyrowing2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @pauljwilliams62
    @pauljwilliams622 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing

  • @andersandersson5815
    @andersandersson58152 жыл бұрын

    The engines sound...it's really amazing😋👍

  • @nathonhamilton4524
    @nathonhamilton45242 жыл бұрын

    Wow, what a plane...thanks

  • @sceneanuerebelrebel9244
    @sceneanuerebelrebel92442 жыл бұрын

    Well done keep them flying !

  • @edgaraquino2324
    @edgaraquino232410 ай бұрын

    Nice! Thanks!😊

  • @hazelnut49
    @hazelnut492 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @patrickfave4008
    @patrickfave40089 күн бұрын

    This is what I call a nice sound!

  • @michaelpass2176
    @michaelpass21762 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite airplanes.

  • @Teddykhil
    @Teddykhil2 жыл бұрын

    BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

  • @pointblankracer6274
    @pointblankracer62742 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. I Fly her on DCS World, great to see the real bird in action, Thank you for posting.

  • @mariliasande5668
    @mariliasande56682 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @shanegill
    @shanegill10 ай бұрын

    Brings a tear to the eye…

  • @roberthenry9319
    @roberthenry93192 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Awesome.

  • @steveaustin6467
    @steveaustin64672 жыл бұрын

    its a work of art, period.....

  • @michaelpalmer9849
    @michaelpalmer98492 жыл бұрын

    Just beautiful

  • @av8tor261
    @av8tor2612 жыл бұрын

    Well done!

  • @16rumpole
    @16rumpole2 жыл бұрын

    the wooden wonder, what a great plane.

  • @mingology7767
    @mingology77672 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful airplane!!! 🥰

  • @dintexas2095
    @dintexas20952 жыл бұрын

    W O W. ! What a beautiful bird !

  • @paulgbar666
    @paulgbar6662 жыл бұрын

    A fantastic aircraft that took the fight to the Nazis. A great war winning weapon. To have still flying a great commemoration to those killed in action in this aircraft. Guy Gibson and Pickard probably the most well known casualties.

  • @richstanton8545
    @richstanton8545 Жыл бұрын

    A beautiful aircraft that is immortalized in Frederick Forsyth's novella, "The Shepherd"

  • @sabrekai8706
    @sabrekai87062 жыл бұрын

    ah the sweet sound of Merlins. Be it one, two or four, you can't beat it.

  • @ssnerd583

    @ssnerd583

    2 жыл бұрын

    what a sound a flight of Lancasters must have made going over....

  • @sabrekai8706

    @sabrekai8706

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ssnerd583 I"m lucky, I don't live far from Hamiton where the Canadian Lancaster is based. I see her about 6x a year flying over.

  • @adrianrouse5148
    @adrianrouse51482 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for a great film. Would love to hear what the pilot thought of it

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    2 жыл бұрын

    There are several Vids on YT , of interviews with maker, buyer, and crew.

  • @markg4459
    @markg44592 жыл бұрын

    What a beauty! Wouldn't you love to see the panel up in the cockpit?

  • @degeneffe20
    @degeneffe202 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful 😍

  • @Josephsaviationvp
    @Josephsaviationvp8 ай бұрын

    Just announced…the Mosquito is back at Planes of Fame Air Museum…& this coming November 4th, it will be again flying at their Live Hangar Event.

  • @212MPH
    @212MPH2 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic the old path finders

  • @thomasfischer1017
    @thomasfischer10172 жыл бұрын

    Magic....⭐🛩⭐👍⭐🌝⭐

  • @22SAMURAJ
    @22SAMURAJ2 жыл бұрын

    That was Great. Realy Good.

  • @joecappello6043
    @joecappello60432 жыл бұрын

    Why couldn't they fly just above tree top level let the public really hear this beautiful plane go by with the supercharger's opened up, that wonderful battle sound.

  • @Josephsaviationvp

    @Josephsaviationvp

    2 жыл бұрын

    My guess is that the flight needed to be flown at normal operating flight rules because the air traffic tower is operating with other airplane traffic departing and arriving…it’s not closed air traffic during the Planes of Fame Museum’s Live Demo events. Airshows are under different rules. Would be a nice engine sound though. Appreciate the comment.

  • @murielsmith8922
    @murielsmith89222 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know that both engines rotated the same way. I thought one went clockwise and the other countclockwise to allow for torque stress on the air frame.

  • @steveNCB7754

    @steveNCB7754

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't quote me, but I think the late variants did eventually have opposing engine rotation, but the earlier ones (like this one) rotated the same way. This made them a handful on take off and there were accidents, especially for trainee pilots.

  • @slammerf16

    @slammerf16

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was simpler to have two identical engines. Britain wasn't exactly flush with Merlin production. The pilots advanced the left throttle ahead of the right to counteract the natural swing. If you've got a gaming PC I'd thoroughly recommend investigating the mosquito in DCS. It's fantastic😊

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    Жыл бұрын

    @@steveNCB7754 Correct

  • @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

    @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

    11 ай бұрын

    Pilots know that it is almost irrelevant. It is a big thing to KZread non-flying ‘pilots’.

  • @kumasenlac5504

    @kumasenlac5504

    10 ай бұрын

    @@steveNCB7754 The real tragedy is that RR had made paired Merlins (76 and 77) by 1942.

  • @ivankuljis1780
    @ivankuljis17802 жыл бұрын

    That there is a BEAUTY!

  • @aviationavenue2261
    @aviationavenue22612 жыл бұрын

    7:48-7:53-I was talking to a pilot named John Collver and his mechanic who moved to Wyoming.

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    2 жыл бұрын

    nice--so what was said ?

  • @aviationavenue2261

    @aviationavenue2261

    2 жыл бұрын

    “We are live at the Planes of Fame Air Museum!”

  • @davidgpeterson
    @davidgpeterson2 жыл бұрын

    She’s in beautiful shape!

  • @leeheather3195
    @leeheather31952 жыл бұрын

    Favourite plane of all time.only in England will we strap 2 Merlins to a lump of wood and have a que of pilots wanting to fly it.

  • @flypawels
    @flypawels2 жыл бұрын

    Love the Mosquito!!!

  • @Andy-qo6rq
    @Andy-qo6rq2 жыл бұрын

    Another one was the Tsetse mosquito this had a six pound quick firing gun just underneath its nose used for small ship and submarine killer. Seen on KZread in action awesome bit of kit. 👍

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    Жыл бұрын

    Despite being wooden, this large GUN didn't shake the structure about.

  • @josemonteiro833
    @josemonteiro8332 жыл бұрын

    Marvellous plane WWII

  • @1chish
    @1chish2 жыл бұрын

    This was the aircraft that really bugged Hermann Goring. He said words to the effect that: "The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops!" This was probably the most adaptable aircraft in WWII: It was possibly the fastest prop aircraft. It mounted 4 cannon and 4 machine guns as a fighter It could deliver the same bombload a B-17 could to Berlin and be back in the UK before the B-17s got there. It could deliver a 'Highball' bouncing bomb with accuracy. When fitted with a Molins "6-pounder Class M" cannon it could sink U Boats (Tsetse version) Both the USAAF and the RAF used them as long range fast Photo Reconnaissance aircraft. And of course it laid the Pathfinder flares for the heavy bombers to light up the targets. To the UK's shame we never kept a flying version for our BoB Historic Flight.

  • @nightjarflying

    @nightjarflying

    2 жыл бұрын

    As much as I like the Mossie: The Goering quote is questionable. It certainly was not the fastest prop aircraft - in that era there were at least six airplanes that were faster by 1945 at any altitude you care to mention. At normal European bombing ranges the B-17 carried double or treble what the Mossie could carry at its maximum & the quoted max 4,000 lb bomb load of the Mossie was a "cookie" single bomb carrying incendiaries in an enlarged bomb bay. The other thing to note is expertise: the 2-man crew of the Mossie were very experienced cream-of-the-crop aircrew & they had to be - a fully loaded Mossie needed guts just to get it off the airfield, whereas the B-17 was relatively tame & easily flyable in just a few hours.

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nightjarflying You have answered your own question. That comment was made when the project was first demonstrated to the RAF in 1941, and was true claim. This was UNIQUELY designed as a very fast bomber, which was intentionally unarmed, and relied entirely on speed, as protection. Like the Spitfire and ME109, they were developed right through the war, havng record amounts of alterations and engine power increases. Mostly to play Cat & Mouse with their oponents. BUT, in the Mosquitos case, there was almost a model type, to suit ANY Mission. With more armaments, obviously affecting top speed etc etc. As the war progressed, other new models were obviously more powerful. But the Mosquito, rightly claimed it's speed record, in the early years . As for bomb loads, the variation in weapon type, was unequalled. Your claim about the Bomb load, needs rechecking. The Mosquito could and did, make two flights to Berlin and back, before any heavy bomber got to Berlin on it's one and only flight. And with just two crew members.

  • @nightjarflying

    @nightjarflying

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MrDaiseymay The speed claim is not given a time frame by the commenter - the way it is framed makes it incorrect. My claim about bomb load: the Mosquitoes that bombed Berlin were unmodified & therefore did not carry the internal 4,000 lb 'cookie cutter' munition. Their total load was around 2,500 lb on those missions. On shorter missions than Berlin the B17 carried a LOT more bomb load than the Mosquito - this is due to the reduced fuel requirement allowing more bomb load - something the Mosquito couldn't equal. A Brit-based Mossie never flew 2,400 miles in the time it took a heavy bomber to fly 600 miles so your "can & did" is bollocks.

  • @1chish

    @1chish

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nightjarflying There is no question about Goring's quote. It was made in 1943 after some Mosquitos put his broadcast in Berlin off the air. The rest of the quote is: "There is nothing the British do not have. After the war is over I’m going to buy a British radio set - then at least I’ll own something that has always worked.” Given the Mossie first flew in 1940, introduced in 1941, there were no faster prop aircraft. Especially Fighter bombers or night fighters. It was faster than the FW190 and BF-109 by some margin and even the later P-38 and P-51B / C / D. The P-47 of 1943 was faster and why I wrote 'possibly'. There were very few faster prop aircraft when introduced and for some years after. You of course chose 1945. I am not sure quite why you felt the need to change the circumstances of my comparison to favour the B-17. I was making the very simple point that for a raid on Berlin it delivered the same bombload as a B-17. I am not sure what "normal European bombing ranges" actually means as there was no such thing as 'normal'. However if you want to make comparisons on a like for like basis the Lancaster was able to deliver 2 1/2 times the bombload of a B-17. As for your very subjective comment on abilities of pilots there were nearly 7,800 Mossies built so that is a lot of "very experienced cream-of-the-crop aircrew" ! Again I am not sure why you feel the need to somehow make out the B-17 is a better aircraft than the Mosquito. The two are completely different aircraft but their performances can be compared on longer range targets.

  • @nightjarflying

    @nightjarflying

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@1chish The Goering quote is still very much debatable! The Wiki editors will not permit that quote to appear on the DH Mosquito page until someone produces better evidence. The quote is all over the internet, but not in any of my aircraft books nor my history books. It does not appear in any book published before 1956 for sure & nobody AFAIK can give a reliable book reference for later than 1956. The discredited author David Irving refers to part of the longest quote [the bit about him green & yellow with envy] but we know that was with reference to Radar, so we can be sure that many [if not all] of the internet versions of what Goering supposedly said are bunkum. There is a great internet industry conjuring up junk quotes from WWII figures. IF it is true, then the most likely occasion where he spoke the quote in German was at an aircraft manufacturer's conference at his home Karinhall, but there's no evidence on paper anywhere & it's likely that it's a mishmash of things Goering said during his hours long speeches / harangues / rants. But we don't know whose memory we are relying on - an after the fact memory at that. There was a stenographer at Karinhall, but I can find no reference to output from that potential source. Unlike Allied heavy and medium bomber crews, Mossie aircrew pairs routinely operated in daylight at extremely low altitudes [15 to 50 metres] against defined small land targets such as an individual building or small block of buildings, or on night 'intruder' missions circling German night fighter airfields, or as night pathfinders for the Lancaster bomber stream, or on low level anti-shipping anti-sub raids, or on photorecce duties. This required a lot more skill & judgement from the pilot & navigator.WT than needed to fly 95% of heavy bomber missions [yes there were some specialist Lancaster sqns such as 617] - and that was very much a consideration in crew selection. For example Intruder & Pathfinder crews generally graduated to the Mossie from the Lancaster.

  • @dr.lareme7737
    @dr.lareme7737 Жыл бұрын

    Probably the most versatile aircraft of WWII. Anti-shipping and sub, recon, ground attack, night fighter, bomber, and a "nuisance" strike aircraft. Someone once asked what if Britain stopped production of four engine heavy bombers and dedicated construction to the Mosquito?

  • @kumasenlac5504

    @kumasenlac5504

    10 ай бұрын

    The number of aircraft lost would have gone down (and with only two crew lost), with two sorties per night rather than one the weight of bombs delivered would have doubled and more of them would have hit the target.

  • @bruceboatwright7488
    @bruceboatwright74882 жыл бұрын

    I'm not embarrassed to admit that for years I failed to notice the five, instead of six exhaust stacks....two outlets are apparently siamesed for clearance issues?

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    Жыл бұрын

    True

  • @sblack48
    @sblack48 Жыл бұрын

    What is the mast thing sticking down just aft of the pilot’s entry door?

  • @narabdela
    @narabdela2 жыл бұрын

    Where's Soaring Tractor these days? I miss his insightful and thoughtful contributions.

  • @Coltnz1

    @Coltnz1

    2 жыл бұрын

    His nurse keeps him on strong tranquillisers.

  • @bobnewkirk7186
    @bobnewkirk71862 жыл бұрын

    Is that Rod Lewis' Mosquito and is it based at Chino now?

  • @bobbyvance4725
    @bobbyvance47252 жыл бұрын

    A work of art ,,, National Monument,,, should I go on ???

  • @martinbell3175
    @martinbell3175 Жыл бұрын

    Watch Rod Lewis's Lewis Air Legends KZread filmed at San Antonio four years ago when my 98 year old father, former RAF Fl/Lt Colin Bell DFC , was taken up in it. Dad was a 1941- 43 USAAC T6 advanced flying instructor at Napier Field, Dothan AL before going to England and flying 50 RAF Pathfinder LNSF bombing ops in an OBOE fitted Canadian built Mk 25 bomber with US Packard Merlins over Nazi Germany including 13 'Berlin Express ' to the heavily defended Nazi capital. In early 45 he was pursued by a 100 mph faster Me 262 'Swallow' radar equipped, 4 X 30mm cannon, night fighter but managed to shake it off. He's now 102.

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev2 жыл бұрын

    Interestingly, the BBMF Lancaster is PA474 and that's PZ474

  • @bruceburns1672
    @bruceburns16722 жыл бұрын

    Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't this aircraft a private venture until seen by the government and then ordered .

  • @slammerf16

    @slammerf16

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was. Geoffrey de Havilland believed in the fast bomber concept and funded it through the design process until the RAF stumped up the cash. The RAF (not alone, to be fair) were invested in the heavy bomber approach but it quickly became clear that the bomber wouldn't "always get through" (As in the BoB for the Germans). The USAAF made it work once they had accepted that their heavies (which had always been always better armed) would need escorts for the whole trip. It could be argued that de Havilland was right all along, especially when you take the low loss rate of the mosquito into account, and the mosquito delivered bombs with great efficiency but it seems unlikely that the RAF could have replaced all it's heavies with a much greater number of mosquitoes. Mosquito wasn't produced very quickly

  • @Sch00lbu5
    @Sch00lbu52 жыл бұрын

    I wanted to see/hear a full throttle take off

  • @adriankaill9413
    @adriankaill94132 жыл бұрын

    You can hear every German still quaking with the noise of those merlins...

  • @septiccalling8341
    @septiccalling83412 жыл бұрын

    If that’s not a thing of beauty, I don’t know what is……..

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    2 жыл бұрын

    They didn't look this beautiful in combat mind.

  • @septiccalling8341

    @septiccalling8341

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MrDaiseymay …..Could be; depends on your point of view, I guess. Still, it doesn’t detract from the fact that this is a thing of beauty.

  • @aviationavenue2261
    @aviationavenue22612 жыл бұрын

    0:23-That’s me in the bottom left corner

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    2 жыл бұрын

    was that you licking the tires ?

  • @aviationavenue2261

    @aviationavenue2261

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MrDaiseymay no. Not me.

  • @roadsweeper1
    @roadsweeper12 жыл бұрын

    you missed the best bit.... the takeoff, when those twin merlins get to full power and sing as it races down the runway...

  • @leonardtrevino8436
    @leonardtrevino843611 ай бұрын

    Is this bird based at SAT?? I saw it fly over some time back.

  • @briangreen6602
    @briangreen66022 жыл бұрын

    Is that correct , one of only four airworthy ? I thought there was just the two.

  • @user-du6yr1qx5d
    @user-du6yr1qx5d Жыл бұрын

    Вот это красавец!

  • @bruceburns1672
    @bruceburns16722 жыл бұрын

    Name one other aircraft that would come close to the legacy of this aircraft , the only other plane I can think of is the ME 262 but was too late in having any effect on WW2 but no doubt an engineering marvel of the time.

  • @MrDaiseymay

    @MrDaiseymay

    Жыл бұрын

    It was very fast, and ideal for downing bomber's, but was vulnerable when coming into land. ( very slowly) Mosquito pilots would pounce on them from the rear.

  • @user-ik2yd3op5v
    @user-ik2yd3op5v2 жыл бұрын

    Очень эротичные формы у транспортного средства!

  • @razor1uk610
    @razor1uk6102 жыл бұрын

    some of the crowd are unknowing in the few comments you can hear... their used to high pressure tyres, concrete runways and nothing close to low altitudes, unless their watching air-racers or crop-dusters.

  • @Haituk1
    @Haituk12 жыл бұрын

    The tip of the leading edge of the port wing seems to have been damaged.

  • @ianpope2460

    @ianpope2460

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi, i think you will find that it is a glass cover for a navigation light.

  • @IgorMint-tp2wm
    @IgorMint-tp2wm2 жыл бұрын

    Отличный лёгкий(фанерный,как оценивал его Геббельс в своих дневниках)высотный бомбардировщик с хорошей бомбовой нагрузкой.Гансам(инфраструктуре,жителям,летунам и ПВО) в сороковые причинял немалые проблемы,т.к."достать" его было очень непросто.

  • @tulsaguy9963
    @tulsaguy99632 жыл бұрын

    Many test pilots died testing Gs with this wooden wing! Snapped off!

  • @Coltnz1

    @Coltnz1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sources?

  • @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

    @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

    11 ай бұрын

    Some phone flight game.

  • @martindaly1229
    @martindaly12292 жыл бұрын

    Great bird , light , fast , till you got hit by some 50 cal machine guns , much respect to the guy's who flew them in combat , considering he was probably 20 ISH years old ,

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