AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1939-1945: DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO. - The prototype Mosquito NF Mark XV, MP469, the former pressurised Mosquito prototype, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, after modification by the De Havilland Aircraft Company as a high-altitude night fighter by increasing the wingspan, and by fitting Rolls Royce Merlin 61 engines with four-bladed propellers. AI Mark VIII centimetric radar in a thimble nose radome and a ventral gun pack housing four .303in machine guns were also added before the aircraft joined the High Altitude flight at Northolt, Middlesex for operational
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1939-1945: DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO. - The prototype Mosquito NF Mark XV, MP469, the former pressurised Mosquito prototype, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, after modification by the De Havilland Aircraft Company as a high-altitude night fighter by increasing the wingspan, and by fitting Rolls Royce Merlin 61 engines with four-bladed propellers. AI Mark VIII centimetric radar in a thimble nose radome and a ventral gun pack housing four .303in machine guns were also added before the aircraft joined the High Altitude flight at Northolt, Middlesex for operational trials. Later, MP469 was passed to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, and also saw service with the Telecommunications Flying Unit and No. 85 Squadron RAF Royal Air Force, High Altitude Flight, Royal Air Force, Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Royal Air Force, Telecommunications Flying Unit, British Army, Royal Flying Corps, Reserve Sqdn, 85 (Canadian)
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