De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B XX

This Mosquito, a Mk XX bomber, was built in 1944 by de Havilland Canada and acquired by the RCAF in June 1944.

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De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito
B XX

 Because of the glued-and-screwed wooden construction, early Mosquitoes were not suited to the tropics where exposure to high humidity and rain caused the airframe to warp and the glue to dissolve.

 
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