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De Havilland Aircraft Museum, London Colney, Hertfordshire

Firstly, a massive 'thank you' to the staff at the museum. The ones that I spoke to were incredibly friendly and very informative. It was fantastic listening to what they had to say. The de Havilland Aircraft Museum, formerly the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, is a volunteer-run aviation museum in London Colney, Hertfordshire. The museum's mission is to preserve and communicate the de Havilland Heritage to ensure that current and future generations of all ages will understand de Havilland's contribution to innovative British aviation technology. The collection was originally built around the definitive prototype and restoration shops for the de Havilland Mosquito and now also includes several examples of the de Havilland Vampire - the third operational jet aircraft in the world. In September 1939, the de Havilland Aircraft Company established the Mosquito design team in Salisbury Hall, with the prototype aircraft, E0234/W4050, subsequently being built in the adjacent buildings to the side of Salisbury Hall. The prototype became the first aircraft to be displayed at Salisbury Hall, and was followed by examples of the de Havilland Vampire and Venom in 1968. In 1970, the collection was joined by a further example of the Mosquito, which had been donated by Liverpool Corporation, following it's use in the film "Mosquito Squadron". The collection was later expanded, with examples of the single-seat Vampire, Sea Venom, Sea Vixen, Chipmunk and Dove, all arriving by 1978. Additionally, the fuselage of a Mosquito FB6 arrived in 1976; it is now the only survivor of the most numerous sub-type to be preserved in Europe. The museum also houses the fuselage of the last surviving square-windowed de Havilland Comet 1, the world's first jet airliner.