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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito
    Latest Model:Mosquito PR.41
    Last Military Serial:A52-319 RAAF
    Last Civil Registration:VH-WAD
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Australia Mosquito PR....
    Latest Owner or Location:Australian War Memorial Aircraft Hall, Campbell, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

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    Dates

    Event

    1948

    Constructed as a Mosquito PR.41 by de Havilland Australia at Sydney, Australia.

    February 1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A52-319.

    20 July 1953

    To Captain James Woods, Perth, WA with new c/r VH-WAD.
    Operated with markings: The Quokka
    Purchased for 100 pounds.

    May 1968


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Australian-built Mosquito PR Mk.41 A52-319 was purchased by Captain James Woods, former senior pilot of MMA in Perth,to enter in the 1953 London-Christchurch Air Race as VH-WAD - The Quokka. His sponsor withdrew at the last moment and the Mosquito was left in a hangar at Perth Airport. By May 1968 this invaluable aircraft had been towed to the airport dump site where it rapidly deteriorated in the weather.

    May 1968


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: From the other side in May 1968. It was acquired by a Perth dealer but the laminated wooden fuselage broke in two during lifting on to a truck. The Mosquito survived lengthy storage and an attempt to ship it to an American buyer and is now displayed in Canberra at the Australian War Museum

    To Australian War Memorial Aircraft Hall, Campbell, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
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    27 March 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: On Display at the Australian War Museum in Canberra, ACT
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