We are pleased to announce the launch of the TPM Shop, where you will find a range of adult’s and children’s t-shirts, mugs, baseball caps and – strangely – a teddy bear called “Sir Geoffrey”. Profits we make from the shop go directly to the TPM fund, so you can show your support by wearing one of […]
Sir Geoffrey de Bear says “Welcome to the TPM Shop” Read More »
The People’s Mosquito – Rare WW2 colour film and ‘We’re Cutting Wood’!.
The People's Mosquito – Rare WW2 colour film and 'We're Cutting Wood'! Read More »
As we have now started fundraising to get Mosquito RL249 back in the air, we thought we would treat you to an extended version of our promotional video. The People’s Mosquito has a simple vision: to see the return of the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito to the skies of Britain. The restoration is a non-profit
TPM Promo video XL – special extended version Read More »
We are very pleased to announce that the first wood is being cut for the fabrication of a complete set of wing ribs for The People’s Mosquito, RL249. Corin McCrae of Aerowood Ltd, will be cutting the ribs for RL249 at his workshops in Auckland, New Zealand in the coming weeks. There are various types of
The People's Mosquito is cutting wood! Read More »
Richard (Dick) Whittingham spent all his working life at de Havilland, starting as an apprentice in 1935 and finishing up as a senior production engineer. This is the fifth extract from Dick’s wartime diaries, adapted by his nephew Roger Coasby, and it gives a personal insight into those exciting days at Hatfield in the early
The Wartime Diary of a de Havilland Engineer – Part 5 Read More »
Greetings friends, supporters, followers, The People’s Mosquito project is like the proverbial swan – not much going on visibly but lots of action happening below the surface! What’s so frustrating for us – and no doubt for you, our supporters – is that most of it is stuff that’s not appropriate for public broadcast: negotiations,
Project Update – 16th March 2014 Read More »
The motto of the Royal Air Force might well be said to apply to the de Havilland Mosquito. If it were not for the struggles of Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Rhodes Freeman, the Air Member for Research and Development and Geoffrey de Havilland, Snr., the Mosquito might well have been still-born. However, there was
‘Per Ardua Ad Astra’ – the N.F. Mk XV, a Mosquito worthy of the motto! Read More »
The remains of Mosquito NF.36 Serial No. RL249 were recovered from its crash site in 2010, and have been secured by The People’s Mosquito for use in the restoration project. RL249 was serving with No. 23 Sqn, stationed at RAF Coltishall, when it crash-landed due to engine failure after take-off on 14th February 1949. The
Commemorating RL249’s Fatal Crash – 14th February 1949 Read More »
Richard (Dick) Whittingham spent all his working life at de Havilland, starting as an apprentice in 1935 and finishing up as a senior production engineer. This is the fourth extract from Dick’s wartime diaries, adapted by his nephew Roger Coasby, and it gives a personal insight into those exciting days at Hatfield in the early
The Wartime Diary of a de Havilland Engineer – Part 4 Read More »
OK folks, here’s the answer to our latest Mind-boggling Mossie Mystery: What connects Nell Gwyn, Winston Churchill and the Mosquito? As many of you have rightly posted, the answer is, of course, Salisbury Hall. Nell Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne depending on source), Charles II’s most famous mistress, was reputedly “installed” at a cottage within the grounds of Salisbury
Mind-boggling Mossie Mysteries No.4 – Answer Read More »
