75 Years Later — Restoring a WWII De Havilland Mosquito Found in a Welsh Valley Back to Flying Condi скачать в хорошем качестве

75 Years Later — Restoring a WWII De Havilland Mosquito Found in a Welsh Valley Back to Flying Condi

It had been there since 1944 — a De Havilland Mosquito, half-buried in the bracken of a Welsh valley, its birch plywood skin delaminating, its twin Rolls-Royce Merlins filled with decades of rain and debris. Jack found it. And he brought it back to flying condition. The De Havilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI was one of the most remarkable aircraft ever built — its fuselage constructed from a frameless shell of Ecuadorean balsa sandwiched between sheets of Canadian birch, giving the aircraft exceptional strength at low weight without consuming any strategic aluminum. Powered by two Rolls-Royce Merlin 25 engines each producing 1,635 horsepower, the FB Mk.VI served as the RAF's premier fighter-bomber throughout the latter years of WWII, capable of carrying four 20mm Hispano cannons alongside its bomb load at speeds exceeding 378 mph. The RAF Dark Green and Ocean Grey asymmetric splinter camouflage with Type C1 roundels restored in this video represents the standard finish applied to Mosquito FB Mk.VI units operating from RAF bases across Britain and occupied Europe from 1943 onward. This video was created with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence for educational and entertainment purposes. All historical references are based on real events and aircraft.