Talk:de Havilland Mosquito

John Cunningham and the Mosquito

On the de Havilland Mosquito page it is claimed that: " Wing Commander John Cunningham claimed 19 of his 20 victories at night on Mosquitoes."

This is certainly not so - the bulk of his victories were on Beaufighters. FlyingOko (talk) 10:32, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

I've removed the claim as incorrect and added a citation needed tag for the remaining claim. From Bowman's The men who flew the Mosquito p. 121. it states that Cunningham's seventeenth victory was his first with a Mosquito. Our article on Cunningham states that he was credited with twenty aircraft destroyed (and others damaged) so it appears that he could only have claimed three with a Mosquito. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 19:09, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Slightly wrong arithmetic. Cunningham and Rawnsley are credited with 16 kills on Beaus and four on Mosquitos. Bob Braham had one on Blenheims, 19 on Beaus and 9 on Mosquitos. Branse Burbridge had 21, all on Mosquitos.Khamba Tendal (talk) 20:29, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Colorizing File:De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV Series 2 (restoration).jpg

This a great picture of the Mosquito and also a featured picture in commons Would be great if someone could upload a colorized version of it and make it the articles front picture M. Ishmam Abdullah (talk) 01:21, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Date the Mosquito Entered Service

this is to further explain my change to prevent the same mistake being made

so the Mosquito entered service on the 17th November with W4066, on the 15th of November 105 Squadron Received the first Mosquito bomber (W4064) but it did not enter service straight away, similar to how the PRU received a Mosquito on July 13th (W4051)

This is according to the Air Ministry and documentation from the time HCPM (talk) 17:53, 13 February 2025 (UTC)