| Second World War aviation art prints of the Mosquito aircraft. Our collection of prints and original paintings of the Mosquito aircraft of World War Two. |
| Used as a night fighter, fighter bomber, bomber and Photo-reconnaissance, with a crew of two, Maximum speed was 425 mph, at 30,300 feet, 380mph at 17,000ft. and a ceiling of 36,000feet, maximum range 3,500 miles. the Mosquito was armed with four 20mm Hospano cannon in belly and four .303 inch browning machine guns in nose. Coastal strike aircraft had eight 3-inch Rockets under the wings, and one 57mm shell gun in belly. The Mossie at it was known made its first flight on 25th November 1940, and the mosquito made its first operational flight for the Royal Air Force as a reconnaissance unit based at Benson. In early 1942, a modified version (mark II) operated as a night fighter with 157 and 23 squadron's. In April 1943 the first De Haviland Mosquito saw service in the Far east and in 1944 The Mosquito was used at Coastal Command in its strike wings. Bomber Commands offensive against Germany saw many Mosquitos, used as photo Reconnaissance aircraft, Fighter Escorts, and Path Finders. The Mosquito stayed in service with the Royal Air Force until 1955. and a total of 7781 mosquito's were built. |
 | Lone Hunter by Nicolas Trudgian. | £60.00 |  | Wings of Dawn by Philip West. | 1 editions available from £135.00 |  | Liberation from Amiens by Tim Fisher. | 5 editions available from £130.00 |  | The Berlin Express by Stuart Brown. | £95.00 |  | Operation Jericho , The Amiens Raid by Philip West. | 2 editions available from £135.00 |  | Time To Go by Philip West. | 2 editions available from £90.00 |  | Mosquito Attack on U-2359 by Jason Askew. (P) | £620.00 |  | Knockout Blow by Ivan Berryman. (P) | £380.00 |  | Vital Support by Robert Taylor. | 2 editions available from £135.00 |  | Shell House Raiders by Ivan Berryman. (B) | 7 editions available from £90.00 |  | Operation Jericho, the Jail Breakers by Gerald Coulson. | £480.00 |  | Out on a Limb by James Dietz. | 2 editions available from £115.00 |  | A Moments Peace by Ivan Berryman. | 5 editions available from £43.00 |  | Mosquito Pathfinders by Philip West. | 2 editions available from £135.00 |  | Shining the Way (Mosquito) by Ivan Berryman. | 2 editions available from £95.00 |  | Breakout. Amiens Raid by Mosquitos by Ivan Berryman. | 4 editions available from £115.00 |  | Night Raiders by Ivan Berryman. | 6 editions available from £95.00 |  | Thunder at Dawn by Robin Smith. | £95.00 |  | Tirpitz Re-Visited by Philip West (AP) | 1 editions available from £200.00 |  | Broken Silence by Robert Taylor. | SOLD OUT / SOLD |  | Rover Patrol by Richard Taylor | 2 editions available from £115.00 |  | Banff Raiders by Stephen Brown. | 2 editions available from £80.00 |  | Rangers on the Rampage by Robert Taylor (AP) | 1 editions available from £325.00 |  | Return From Leipzig by Anthony Saunders. | 8 editions available from £38.00 |  | Low Flying Mosquito by John Young. | £79.80 |  | Cloud Companions by Robert Taylor. | 2 editions available from £290.00 |  | Low Level Raiders by Keith Woodcock. | £95.00 |  | Mosquito Coast by Stephen Brown. | 2 editions available from £95.00 |  | Twos Company by Philip West. | 2 editions available from £95.00 |  | Mission by Moonlight by Gerald Coulson. | 2 editions available from £95.00 |  | Those Nagging Mosquitoes by Stan Stokes. | 2 editions available from £40.00 |  | Mosquitos at Dusk by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y) | 5 editions available from £120.00 |  | Mosquito Poster by P Oliver. | £14.00 |  | Home Run by Gerald Coulson. | 2 editions available from £180.00 |  | In Safe Hands by Stephen Brown. | 2 editions available from £80.00 |  | Photo Reconnaissance Mosquito by Ivan Berryman. | 5 editions available from £150.00 |  | De Haviland Mosquito by Gerald Coulson. | £16.00 |  | Mosquitos Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. | 2 editions available from £36.00 |  | Overture to Overlord by David Pentland | 5 editions available from £130.00 |  | De Havilland Mosquito - The Best British Multi-Role Combat Aircraft of the Second World War. | 2 editions available from £13.99 |  | The Mosquito's Sting by Ivan Berryman. (P) | £380.00 |  | Country Life 43 by Gerald Coulson. | £165.00 |  | Night Intruder by Robert Taylor. | £75.00 |  | Safely Home by Philip West. | 2 editions available from £90.00 |  | Mosquito Sting by Michael Turner. | £40.00 |  | De Havilland Mosquito FBVI HX922 EG-F. by M A Kinnear. | £14.00 |  | The Rail Strike by Robin Smith. | £94.00 |  | Mosquitos by Keith Woodcock. | 3 editions available from £18.00 |  | Mosquito Bite by Geoff Lea. (P) | £1700.00 |  | Destination Amiens by Ivan Berryman. | 2 editions available from £75.00 |  | Mosquito by Barry Price. | £13.00 |  | Mosquito into Attack by Robert Taylor | 2 editions available from £80.00 |  | Mosquito Attack by Graeme Lothian. | 5 editions available from £130.00 |  | Mosquito by Frank Wootton. | £140.00 |  | Pathfinder Force by Philip West. | 2 editions available from £135.00 |  | Night Hawks by Philip West. | 2 editions available from £90.00 |  | Mosquito Coast by M A Kinnear. | 1 editions available from £70.00 |  | Top Dog by Robert Taylor. | 4 editions available from £95.00 |  | Trainbusters by Nicolas Trudgian. | 5 editions available from £85.00 |  | Mosquito Attack by Philip West. | 2 editions available from £135.00 |  | De Havilland Mosquito by Barry Price. | £13.00 |  | Prelude to Peace by Ronald Wong. | £80.00 |  | Ready for Action by Philip West. | 2 editions available from £95.00 |  | Dawn of a Legend by Stephen Brown. | 2 editions available from £95.00 |  | A De Havilland Beauty by Ivan Berryman. | 4 editions available from £70.00 |  | Prowler's Return by Ivan Berryman. | 3 editions available from £80.00 | | Pilot signatures for this aircraft | | Name | Info | | Air Chief Marshal Christopher Foxley-Norris (deceased) | After taking part in the Battle of Britain as a fighter pilot, Christopher Foxley-Norris was posted to the Middle East where he first teamed up with Pat Tuhill, initially on Beaufighters. A return to Britain brought Foxley-Norris command of 143 Squadron flying Mosquito IIs and VIs as part of the Banff Strike Wing, led by Max Aitken, for attacks on enemy shipping off Norway. Hazardous operations against heavily defended ships, using rockets and cannon, were made even more dangerous by the weather and fjords which the Mosquitos often had to negotiate below cliff height. Christopher Foxley-Norris went on to a distinguished career in the post-war RAF. He died 28th September 2003. | | Air Commodore E. B. Ted Sismore DSO DFC AFC | Air Commodore Edward Barnes Sismore DSO, DFC, and two bars, AFC was born on the 23rd June 1921 at Kettering, Northamptonshire. Sismore joined the RAF in 1939 as aircrew but became a Flight Sergeant on the 29th of August 1942. He was also later given an emergency commission as a general Duties Branch Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, being given a permanent commission on the 1st of February 1945. On 31st January 1943, Mosquitos bombed Berlin for the first time. Timed to coincide with a speech by Hermann Goering, three Mosquitos from 105 Squadron, led by Squadron Leader R W Reynolds and Ted Sismore, attacked at exactly 11.00 hrs to disrupt the Reichmarshall's speech for over an hour. Ted later navigated the final large daylight raid by 105 Squadron in May 1943, when both men led the attack on the Zeiss Optical factory and the glassworks in Jena. Ted Sismore planned the route for the famous Amiens prison raid, and master-navigated all three Gestapo raids in Denmark - Aarhaus, Shelhaus and Odensa. Sismore was awarded a bar to his DFC and was also honoured with the Order of Dannebrog, Degree of Knight. After the war Sismore remained in the Royal Air Force and with Squadron leader Mick martin (former dambuster) broke the Flying record for the London to Cape Town, 6,727 mile journey, completing it in 21 hours and 31 minutes. He was later awarded the Royal Aero Clubs Britannia Trophy for 1947. In 1962 Sismore was promoted to Group Captain and later became Station Commander of RAF Bruggen in Germany and in the late 1960s became commanding Officer of the Royal Air Forces Central Reconnaissance Establishment at RAF Brampton.
| | Air Commodore John Ellacombe CB DFC* | John Ellacombe joined the RAF in 1939 and was posted to 151 Squadron in July 1940, immediately converting to Hurricanes. On 24th August he shot down a He111, but a week later his Hurricane was blown up in combat and he baled out, with burns. Rejoining his squadron a few months later, in February 1941 was posted to 253 Squadron where he took part in the Dieppe operations. On 28th July, flying a Turbinlite Havoc, he probably destroyed a Do217. Converting to Mosquitos, John was posted to 487 Squadron RNZAF, and during the build up to the Normandy Invasion and after, was involved in many ground attacks on enemy held airfields, railways, and other 'targets of opportunity'. He completed a total of 37 sorties on Mosquitos. Flying a de Havilland Mosquito XIII with a devastating set of four 20mm cannon in the nose, John Ellacombe flew deep into occupied France on the night before D-Day searching out and destroying German convoys and railway targets. As the Normandy campaign raged on, 151 Squadron intensified its interdiction sorties - including night attacks on Falaise and the Seine bridges. On August 1st Ellacombe took part in the famous attack by 23 Mosquitoes on the German bar-racks in Poitiers, led by Group Captain Wykeham Barnes. Ellacombe had first joined 151 Squadron during the Battle of Britain, direct from Flying Training School. Within weeks he had scored his first victory but also force landed in a field, having shot down a He 111, and baled out of a blazing Hurricane. He baled out a second time during the Dieppe Raid in 1942 but was picked up safely. Postwar he had a long and successful career in the RAE.
| | Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom KCB CBE DSO DFC AFC (deceased) | Entering the RAF in 1940 he joined No 114 Squadron as a sergeant pilot flying Blenheims. After 12 operations he and his crew were allocated to No 105 Squadron and then No 107 Squadron, the last remaining Blenheim Squadron in Malta. The Squadron remained there without relief for five months carrying out low level attacks on the shipping. Very few of the original crews survived the detachment, in fact he was commissioned during this period, when 107 Squadron had lost all their officers and for a short time was the only officer, other than the CO, in the Squadron. At the end of this tour he was awarded the DFC. In early 1943 he became one of the first Mosquito instructors in the Pathfinder Force and later moved to No 571 Squadron with the Light Night Strike Force. He then formed No 163 Squadron as acting Wing Commander. He was awarded a bar to his DFC for a low level moonlight mining attack on the Dormund - Ems Canal from 50ft and then a second bar for getting a 4000lb bomb into the mouth of a railway tunnel during the final German Ardennes offensive. During his time on Mosquitoes his navigator was Tommy Broom, together they formed an inseparable combination. Remaining with the RAF after WWII and in accordance with peacetime rules for a much smaller Air Force he was reduced in rank first to Squadron Leader and then to Flight Lieutenant in 1948. Promoted to Air Marshal in 1974 he became the Head of the UK National Air Traffic Services and was the first serving officer to be appointed to the Board of the Civil Aviation Authority. Retiring from the RAF in 1979 he has been actively engaged in civil aviation since then. He died 24th January 2003. | | Air Marshall Sir Alfred (Freddy) Ball, KCB DSO DFC | Air Marshall Sir Alfred (Freddy) Ball, KCB DSO DFC attended RAF College, Cranwell in 1939 and joined 13 Squadron in France in March 1940 on Lysanders (Army Co-operation). He joined No 1 PRU Benson early in 1941 on Spitfires. He commanded 4 PRU (later 682 Sqdn) as Squadron Leader in October 1942 and flew out to North Africa for Operation Torch, the Allied landings, flying Spitfires. He was posted to the UK as CF1, 8PR, OTU Dyce, Aberdeen in September 1943 and took over 542 Sqdn Benson in March 1944 (PR Spitfire Mk XIs and Mk XIXs). In September he was promoted to Wing Commander and given command of No 540 Squadron flying Mosquito 16s and 32s. The Squadron moved to France early in 1945 to support the Allied armies. In December, Freddy was posted to Egypt to take command of No 680 PR Sqdn (later to become 13 Sqdn), flying Mosquitoes and Spitfires. He was posted to Staff AHQ East Africa in 1946 and retired from the RAF in April 1979. | | Air Vice Marshal Edward Crew CB DSO DFC (deceased) | Ted Crew joined 604 Squadron in July 1940 and scored his first victory on August 11. By summer of 1941, flying with Sgt. Guthrie as radio operator, his tally had climbed to 6. In early 1942 he was appointed 'A' flight commander. Later, flying Mosquitos, he had further successes. Between June and September 1944 he destoyed 21 V1s at night over southern England. He ended the war with a total of 12 1/2 victories. Born 24th December 1917. Died 18th August 2002. Citation for the Distinguished Flying Cross This officer is a pilot of outstanding ability who has shown tenacity of purpose to engage the enemy which culminated in the destruction of two enemy aircraft in one night He has now destroyed four and damaged at least a further four enemy aircraft, at night.” (London Gazette – 29 July 1941) Citation for Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross Since the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross in July, 1941, this officer has carried out a large number of operational patrols by night and has destroyed 4 enemy aircraft. He has now destroyed a total of 8 enemy aircraft at night and damaged a number of others. By his readiness to fly in any weather and his skill and ability in dealing with the enemy at night, he sets a splendid example to the squadron.” (London Gazette – 16 June 1942) Citation for the Distinguished Service Order Wing Commander Crew continues to display the highest standard of skill, courage and leadership. In air fighting he has destroyed 13 enemy aircraft and damaged several more. With the advent of the flying bomb attacks on this country, Wing Commander Crew displayed great skill and perseverance in devising tactics to meet the menace. As a result, he shot down numerous flying bombs, whilst other members of his squadron took a heavy toll of them. This officer has commanded the squadron with outstanding success.” (London Gazette – 26 September 1944)
| | Captain Eric Brown CBE DFC AFC RN | In the autumn of 1943 a decision was made which was to result in the Mosquito becoming the first twin-engined aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier. To test the idea a Mosquito FBVI was semi navalised and an experienced naval test pilot, Captain Eric Brown, invited to take charge of the tests. After a programme of simulated carrier landings at an airfield, it was decided to carry out the first actual landing on HMS Indefatigable on March 25th 1944. Brown crossed the stern of the carrier with 69 knots indicated airspeed, received the cut signal from the batsman and touched down, picking the number two arrester wire. The touchdown speed was well below what had been expected. While the Sea Mosquito, the eventual, fully navalised version of the aircraft, was too late to see combat it proved, once again, the almost limitless flexibility of the basic Mosquito airframe. | | Flight Lieutenant Allan Davies MID | Joined RAAF in October 1940, served in Iraq and Egypt on Blenheims, then Baltimores, before being posted back to Australia in June 1944. He flew Beauforts and Mosquitoes at 5 OTU. then posted to 97 Sqn at Coomalie Creek NT completing 17 PRU missions over Borneo. His aircraft PR Mosquito Mk XVI A52-600 is being restored to flying condition by the RAAF at Richmond Airbase outside Sydney. | | Flight Lieutenant Aubrey Hilli Hilliard | 'Hilli' Hilliard trained as a pilot on Blenheims and Beaufighters, and in April 1943 was posted to 618 Squadron on Mosquitos, specially formed to carry Barnes Wallis's famous bouncing bomb. In August he transferred to the Mosquitos of the Banff Strike Wing. Whilst attacking and damaging a number of U-boats, one of which returned fire, damaging his aircraft. Forty years later 'Hilli' met the U-boat's capitan, Gunther Heinfich, and became good friends.
| | Flight Lieutenant Benjamin Bent | Having joined the RAF in 1937, he flew with 25 Sqn as a Radar /Wireless Operator on Blenheims on night fighter duties throughout the Battle of Britain, assisting in five successful interceptions on his first tour. After a spell as an instructor, he reclassified a Navigator rejoining 25 Sqn on Beaufighters and then Mosquitoes, assisting in a total of eight victories including the first enemy aircraft shot down on D-Day. |
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