de Havilland Mosquito 1/72 Scale Model

British FB Mk.VI - This is a model of a fighter-bomber that flew against the Germans in Western Europe in late 1943. The de Havilland Mosquito was one of the most successful and versatile planes of WWII. It was unique in that it was built mostly of wood in order to save on the use of strategic metals. It was also very fast but could still carry a heavy bomb payload. The first Mosquitoes were PR Mk.I reconnaissance versions that entered service over occupied Europe in the fall of 1941. The first bomber variant, the B Mk.IV, entered service in the summer of 1942. Mosquito bombers were fast enough to conduct any type of daylight bombing missions, but they operated at night too, like the RAF's heavy bombers, were also used as pathfinders for heavy bomber night raids, and as precision hit-and-run low level night bombers. The first Mosquito fighters entered service in the spring of 1942. Most of them were NF Mk.II night fighters, fitted with airborne intercept (AI) radar. The first fighter-bomber variant, the FB Mk.VI, entered service in mid-1943. It was built in greater numbers than any other Mosquito variant, and accounted for about a third of all Mosquitoes built. The Mosquito was used by several Allied air forces during WWII, and by several air forces afterwards, and almost 7,800 Mosquitoes were built before production ended in 1950.

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