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British Warbirds over Paine Field
NZ2308/ZK-PWL [de Havilland Australia DH.98 Mosquito T.43] taxiing back to AvSpecs 1/04/24.
New to the RAAF as an FB.40, it was given the s/n A52-20. Like MoTaT's Mossie, it was changed midway through production to a T.43 and re-serialled to A52-1054.
It was sold to the RNZAF in 1947 for a cost of £3000 and after just 479:35 airframe hours, it was deemed surplus in 1955.
It was recovered by MoTaT and presented to Olwyn Fenner as payment for his work on sister airframe NZ2305.
Olwyn began the restoration process, and at some point during the project, Glyn Powell joined the team. He would eventually take over the project and formed Mosquito Restorations Ltd.
Unfortunately, Glyn passed away before he got the chance to see his masterpiece finished, and as a result, AvSpecs took over the work.
In late March, after 15 years of restoration, NZ2308 took to the skies as ZK-PWL (in honour of Glyn) and debuted at Warbirds over Wānaka '24 (29/03-31/03).
It will now be packed into a container and sent to the United States.
De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV du 105e Escadron de la Royal Air Force
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T3. Crashed in 1996. At Cranfield EGCT in 1973
A 1945 De Havilland Mosquito in RAF colors flying at Airventure 2019 coming in for a low pass
Mosquito in Michigan
Angela posing on a 1945 Mosquito at the Virginia Military Aviation Museum
DH.98 Mosquito built in 1945 taking off from the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach