1M views · 29K reactions | In 1938, Geoffrey de Havilland pitched a radical idea: a fast, unarmed bomber whose best defense would be speed. Many laughed at the thought of a wooden plane. But when the Mosquito first flew in 1940, the skeptics fell silent. #ww2 #aviation #military #aircraft #pilot | World War II Aircraft | Facebook

De Havilland Mosquito bombers of No. 21 Squadron filmed during a day attack on the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, 21 March 1945. IWM OPF 257 | Imperial War Museum London

The first flight of the de Havilland Mosquito prototype took place on November 25, 1940, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, with Geoffrey de Havilland Jr. as the test pilot. | Force Wear HQ

Manufacturing Process of the de Havilland Mosquito fighter bombers in Australia - 1944 The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", or "Mossie". Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production, nicknamed it "Freeman's Folly", alluding to Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Freeman, who defended Geoffrey de Hav