Lost Mosquito plans found

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It all kicked off nine months ago but news has filtered down that thousands of drawings on the DeHavilland wooden wonder will help restore a crash damaged plane.

Discovery of lost WW2 Mosquito plans will allow 'Wooden Wonder' to fly again


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In October the project received a huge donation, not in monetary terms, but in technical and historical terms by being given 22,000+ aperture cards containing D.H.98 technical drawings. No full set exists in the World to date and it is believed we may have been given the ‘missing’ drawings from the days when Mosquito T.III RR299 was in operation via BAE. The drawings were donated by Airbus Broughton, as the office they were located in was scheduled to be demolished to make way for new buildings. We have spent £4K having the cards digitised to preserve them and we are currently working our way through this maze of technical information. To date, thanks to a herculean effort by Ross Sharp, we have seen Circa 2000 drawings and discovered unknown facts and information on the Mosquito. The project now needs to have a strategy in how we turn this legacy into funds and also how it supports our re-build. The CAA has been informed and are delighted we have original drawings to support our rebuild.
 

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Good news indeed. There used to be a Mossy based at Broughton which would occasionally grace the skies when I lived in Chester about 30 years ago
 

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