De Havilland „Mosquito“ Mk. VI FB – the British fighter - bomber

The multi-purpose aircraft "Mosquito" was designed to realize the idea of a light and very fast bomber. This concept was presented by the De Havilland factory to the British Air Ministry in 1938, but it was accepted for review until a year later, when the war had already begun. Full industrial capacity production resulted in the suspension of the “Mosquito” program investigation. But the de Havilland factory succeeded after many attempts to combine serial production with the production of the "additional" “Mosquito” prototype. The prototype aircraft, piloted by Geoffrey de Havilland Jr., took to the air for the first time on November 25, 1940. Prototype E0234, painted yellow - this was the color used by all RAF prototypes. The results of the initial tests exceeded even dreams! "Mosquito" proved to be very fast and maneuverable. The company has not created such aircrafts until now. The tests, which continued for another three months, proved the “Mosquito” to be the fastest combat aircraft in the world at the time. In the spring of 194, a group of Air Ministry officials had the opportunity to observe a series of severe tests at Hatfield Airfield, during which the “Mosquito” took off and landed with one engine running. In special comparative tests with the latest “Spitfire” model, the wooden twin-engine plane beat its competitor by 30 km/h. "Mosi" retained the title of the fastest serially produced combat aircraft until the end of 1944. The most produced version of the “Mosquito” was the Mr. VI modifications - 2108 units. Two Polish divisions in the RAF were armed with this type of aircraft: the 307th Lviv Night Fighter Division, which began rearming on December 24, 1942, and the 305th Light Bomber Division of Wiolkopolska and Lida Lands, named after Marshal J. Pilsudski, which began rearming on December 4, 1943.

The model is of medium complexity, but requires a lot of work due to the large number of small details, specific shaping of details. Bu,t when working under the supervision of a more experienced colleague, this model will stick perfectly even a beginner modeler, who has made several models. There is just no need to hurry and it is advisable for beginners to make this model with the chassis included, its niches closed, without the detailing of the cabin equipment and with opaque cabin canopy. Antiquarian publication.