Branse Burbridge
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Wing Commander Bransome Arthur "Branse" Burbridge, was a Royal Air Force night fighter pilot and flying ace—a pilot credited with at least five enemy aircraft destroyed—who holds the Allied record of
Mosquito NF XII, with the "thimble" nose
De Havilland Mosquito
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The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a British twin-engined, multi-role combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its airframe was constructed mostly of wood, it was nick
Branse Burbridge
…officer. In July 1943 he reached the rank of flight lieutenant. Burbridge returned to operations in late 1943 with No. 85 Squadron, equipped with the de Havilland Mosquito. The unit performed night defence operations over the British Isles. Burbridge flew with radar operator Bill Skelton, achieving much success in a…
Mosquito B Mk IV Series 2 bomber with No. 105 Squadron of the Royal Air Force
Construction concepts pioneered in the DH.88 Comet were later used in the Mosquito.
One of de Havilland's proposals was to adapt the de Havilland Albatross design to create a fast bomber.
1943 advertisement for de Havilland taken from Flight & Aircraft Engineer magazine highlights the speed of the B Mk.IV.