Set by our Director of Engineering and Airframe Compliance, Ross Sharp, this 12-question Quiz is one to test your Mosquito knowledge.
The upper section contains the questions, whilst if you scroll down under the images, you will discover the questions and answers. (No cheating, now! ) 😉
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YOUR QUESTIONS – SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT THE MISSION?
1. How many Mosquitoes were built in total?
2. Initially, Casein wood glue was used in the construction of the Mossie. Which adhesive replaced it?
3. Which Mark of Mosquito sounds like it could put you to sleep?
4. Name the first Mosquito unit to be stationed abroad during WW2?
5. Why did the early Mosquito NF.II stop being painted in black RMD2 Special Night camouflage paint?
6. Which was the last air force to use the Mosquito in combat?
7. Who made the first landing of a Mosquito on an aircraft carrier?
8. Where was the last British Mosquito unit based?
9. Which was the Mark of Mosquito which was the most produced?
10. Which airline ran secret flights from RAF Leuchars to neutral Stockholm, Sweden during WW2, using unarmed Mosquitoes?
11. Name the son of a Government Minister who commanded a Strike Wing of Mosquitoes in Coastal Command during WW2?
12. Name a VC holder who served in RAF Bomber Command and flew a Mosquito on some of his target-marking missions?
….now, the Questions with Answers
1. How many Mosquitoes were built in total? (7,781)
2. Initially, Casein wood glue was used in the construction of the Mossie. Which adhesive replaced it? (Aerolite 303, although I will accept two-part epoxy adhesive)
3. Which Mark of Mosquito sounds like it could put you to sleep? (FB Mk XVIII, a.k.a. the ‘Tsetse’; the Tsetse fly carries the parasite which brings sleeping sickness).
4. Name the first Mosquito unit to be stationed abroad during WW2? (No 23 Sqn, sent to Malta)
5. Why did the early Mosquito NF.II stop being painted in black RMD2 Special Night camouflage paint? (RMD2 was ‘rougher’ than other paints,and slowed the Mosquito down by as much as 20mph; when this was demonstrated, it was replaced by Night, its original predecessor)
6. Which was the last air force to use the Mosquito in combat? (The Israeli Air Force, in the Suez Campaign; during an attack on a fort at Sharm El-Sheikh, on October 26, 1956 – although PR training sorties didn’t stop until 1958)
7. Who made the first landing of a Mosquito on an aircraft carrier? (Our Patron Emeritus, the late Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown, RN)
8. Where was the last British Mosquito unit based? (Exeter Airport, No 3 CAACU, 1963)
9. Which was the Mark of Mosquito which was the most produced? (The FB.VI, with 2,718)
10. Which airline ran secret flights from RAF Leuchars to neutral Stockholm, Sweden during WW2, using unarmed Mosquitoes? (BOAC; note – BEA used a pair of Mosquito PR.34, post-war, on gust research)
11. Name the son of a Government Minister who commanded a Strike Wing of Mosquitoes in Coastal Command during WW2? (Group Captain Max Aitken, son of Lord Beaverbrook)
12. Name a VC holder who served in RAF Bomber Command and flew a Mosquito on some of his target-marking missions? (Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, VC)
How did you do?
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