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New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24824, 22 February 1944, Page 6

RENOWNED AIRCRAFT OF TWO WARS THE MOSQUITO AND D.H.2 In 1916 squadrons of the Royal Flyin*l" Corps were equipped with a ne* fighter which helped to turn the tables on the notorious German l'okker. new British fighter was the de Hayiiland D.H.2, a single-seat aircraft, witn pusher airscrew, and a top speed ot - miles per hour! Twenty-seven yean later, with a second world war in pif l gress, another sensational aircrait ninu its upeparance to send terror anion,, German fliers, and throughout Germany itself This was the now famous ae Havilland Mosquito, fastest aircraft in the world, a revolutionary new P' a ? e ' built chiefly of wood and now being used with deadly effect as a day and night fighter, as a day an night bomber, and in otlper oriensif roles. , For some vears the New Zealand a Havilland Aircraft Company has had a factorv in the Dominion belonging to the great de Havilland tiou. Here nearly 400 highly-skilled Zealand workers—men and "°" lPn T* are engaged in manufacturing the Havilland Tiger Moth aircraft on wJ.iicj all pilots of the Royal New Zealand Air Force receive their elementary training.—Advt.