The Day the Luftwaffe Met the Mosquito — And Realized They Couldn’t Catch It
192K views · Nov 26, 2025 · Education
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@nigelmartin2254 · 10 months ago
My uncle flew Mosquitoes in the Second World War. Its speed and agility was a major contributorary reason why he survived two “tours”. He was very lucky to survive 6 years of front line fighter/bombing.
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@kenrobinson8060 · 4 weeks ago
In 1952 I was called up for my National service and had the pleasure of serving in the last Mosquito Squadron serving in the RAAF at Fairburn Airforce Base in Canberra, these wonderful aircraft although very old were still very fast and agile in the air, they had Packard Merlin engines made in Canada and put out twothousand horsepower each and were used for PHOTO RECONNISANCE, it was sad to see them retired.
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@cyclometre · 7 months ago
My dear old dad worked for DeHavilland during the war, building the propellers for Lancaster bombers and mosquitoes at the Lancashire factory of Lostock, near Bolton.
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@jimtonioconnellwilliams3469 · 6 months ago
My dad was an airframe fitter in the RAAF for 17 years. If you ever asked him the about his favourite aircraft... it was always the Mosquito.. tough, easy to repair and quick!
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@CraigMoloney-m3l · 5 months ago
The Mosquito was the best single all round aircraft of the war I think . It could do just about anything. And excellent at every task.
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@HeroicFiles · 8 months ago
"Most people talk about its speed, but the Mosquito’s real secret was its 'stealth'—being made of wood meant it had a much smaller radar cross-section than metal planes of the era. It was basically a 1940s version of a stealth bomber. This video perfectly highlights why the Luftwaffe had no answer for it. Truly ahead of its time!"
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@intercommerce · 9 months ago
The Luftwaffe reportedly offered 2-for-1 kill credits for every Mosquito shot down, and even with that motivation, they still struggled to shoot it down.
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@stevemchadd · 1 month ago
My grandfather was a cabinet maker .<br>He had two fingers missing on his right hand which excluded him from being in active service, but he was employed to work to build mosquito frame parts.
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@Andy-t4h · 9 months ago
The mosy my love what a plane with all that nose cannon and later the tetesty 57mm tank gun in the nose only the mosy could do that so proud of ground engineers and pilots respect is long overdue ❤️💂🇬🇧
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@JohanBrumberhill · 2 weeks ago
Post war, my father was told to set fire to 6 defunct Mosquito airframes at RAF Thruxton. The engines had been removed and sold to Freddie Laker's Dan Air airline. Oh for a time machine...
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@ecodiver100 · 3 months ago
My dear old Mum worked at Hatfield in Quality Control for Mr De Havilland jnr. Im so proud of that old lady.
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@michaelburk9171 · 2 months ago
Function needs to be above form.<br>But the Mosquito was one of the most beautiful and elegant looking planes of WWII.
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