DENOWNED AIRCRAFT OF TWO WARS
THE MOSQUITO AND D.H.2 In 1916 squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps, were equipped with a new fighter which helped to turn the tables on the notorious German Fokker. This new British fighter was the de Havilland D.H.2, a. single-seat aircraft, with pusher airscrew, and a top speed of 90 miles per hour! Twentyseven years later, with a second world iwar in progress, another sensational aircraft made its appearance to send terror amongst German fliers, and throughout Germany itself. This was the now famous de Havilland Mosquito, fastest aircraft in the world, a revolutionary new plane, built chiefly of wood and now being used with deadly effect as a long range day and night fighter, as a day and night bomber, and in other offensive roles. For some years,, the New Zealand de Havilland Aircraft Company has had a factory Sn the Dominion belonging to the great de Havilland World Formation. Here nearly four hundred highly-skilled New Zealand workers —men and women—are engaged in manufacturing the de Havilland Tiger Moth aircraft on which all pilots of the Royal New Zealand Air Force receive their elementary training.—P.B.A.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 112, 13 May 1944, Page 9
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191DENOWNED AIRCRAFT OF TWO WARS Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 112, 13 May 1944, Page 9
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