RAF Mosquito Summary

The British de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a multirole combat fighter-bomber aircraft. It was unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood and at the time of its service debut In 1941, was one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world.

Originally conceived as an unarmed fast bomber, the Mosquito's use evolved during the war into many roles, including low- to medium-altitude daytime tactical bomber, high-altitude night bomber, pathfinder, day or night fighter, fighter-bomber, intruder, maritime strike, and photo-reconnaissance aircraft. 

The Mosquito FBVI was often flown in special raids, such as Operation Jericho – an attack on Amiens Prison in early 1944, and precision attacks against military intelligence, security, and police facilities (such as Gestapo headquarters). On 30 January 1943, the 10th anniversary of the Nazis' seizure of power, a morning Mosquito attack knocked out the main Berlin broadcasting station while Hermann Göring was speaking, putting his speech off the air.

The Mosquito was last used in combat during the Suez Crisis in 1956. Of the 7781 produced, 6710 we delivered during WW2.

Choose between early war camouflage and insignia (brown base) or late war camouflage (grey base) and insignia. Wing & fuselage invasion stripes are optional.

In our games, we differentiate between land-based tactical bombers and naval tactical bombers. Only the naval version can operate on carriers. The naval versions take 1 more turn to produce (to account for specialized training) but otherwise retains all the cost and combat values of the land-based equivalent. We designate the early war (brown) version as land-based tactical bombers and late war (grey) version as naval tactical bombers.

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