| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | TA639 |
| Other Marks: | AZ-E |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 98 Mosquito |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 98 Mosquito |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 98 Mosquito TT35 |
| C/n (msn): | [ TA639 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | CosfordMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGWC IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | RAF Museum Cosford |
| Photo Date: | 21 May 2012 |
| Photo by: | Arjun Sarup |
| Photo ID: | 290872 |
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This Mosquito was built at Hatfield as a B.35 and taken on RAF charge in 1945. It went to No. 27MU Shawbury for storage and was taken out in May 1952 for conversion to a TT.35 target tug, then based at RAF Aldergrove from 1952-54. It went back into storage till delivered to No. 3 CAACU in 1959. It was struck off RAF charge in 1963 and used for the film '633 Squadron.' The aircraft last flew on 3 Oct 65, but was allowed to deteriorate at Central Flying School. It went to RAFM Cosford in 1969. It is painted as a pathfinder Mosquito in which Wg Cdr Guy Gibson, VC was killed on 19 Sep 1944. This photo is copyright © Arjun Sarup, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 20 October 2020, and has since been viewed 185 times. |