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Retired. 1963. The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its airframe was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", [4] or "Mossie". [5] Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production, nicknamed it "Freeman's Folly ...
de Havilland Mosquito operational history. Mosquito B XVI of 571 Squadron, 1944. The de Havilland Mosquito was a British light bomber that served in many roles during and after the Second World War. Mosquito-equipped squadrons performed medium bomber, reconnaissance, tactical strike, anti-submarine warfare and shipping attack and night fighter ...
The weapon is shipped in wooden crates, each launcher is sealed in an airtight plastic sheet and 6 launchers are placed in each crate. Komar is an effective anti-personnel weapon, against light armored vehicles and firing posts. In March 2022, Poland started to deliver surplus RPG-76 to Ukraine as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [4]
Operation Jericho. Operation Jericho (Ramrod 564) took place on 18 February 1944 during the Second World War. Allied aircraft bombed Amiens Prison in German-occupied France at very low altitude to blow holes in the prison walls, kill German guards and use shock waves to spring open cell doors. The French Resistance was waiting on the outside to ...
The de Havilland Mosquito. Devon, UK/New York: David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd./Arco Publishing, 1977. ISBN 0-7153-7367-6, (David & Charles) ISBN 0-668-04051-3. (Arco) Holliday, Joe. Mosquito! The Wooden Wonder Aircraft of World War II. Toronto: Doubleday, 1970. ISBN 0-7701-0138-0. Hotson, Fred. The De Havilland Canada Story. Toronto: CANAV ...
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M&M's Halloween Rescue Squad Booth. From 5 to 8 p.m. ET in New Jersey and 6 to 8 p.m. ET in Pennsylvania on Halloween night, candy cravers can visit the booths, phone in a request and get an ...
2 × 25 mm 2M-3M guns in a twin gun mount (1,000 rounds) 2 × KT-67 missile launchers containing 1 P-15 Termit (SS-N-2 "Styx") anti-ship missile each The Soviet Project 183R class , more commonly known as the Komar class , its NATO reporting name, meaning " mosquito ", is a class of missile boats , the first of its kind, built in the 1950s and ...