Mosquito,
FB VI, HR118, 3*W, No. 235 Sqn., June 1944
Aviation Archive collection.
Beautiful colors, with rich light-green undersides and deep-red
propeller hubs. The model is well assembled, with no obvious errors.
Typo. On the Information
Card the engines are listed as 12 cylinder air-cooled. Of course,
they are water-cooled.
Type
Fighter-bomber and intruder
Powerplant
Two 1,635 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 25 inline piston engines
Performance
Max speed 380 mph
Ceiling 34,500 ft
Range 1,860 miles
Dimensions
Span 54 ft 2 in
Length 40 ft 6 in
Height 15 ft 3.5 in
Armament
4 x 20mm Hispano cannon
4 x .303 Browning MG
4 x 250 lb bombs