Hi,
Wondering what to do the other day, I thought I’d pop down to the Chinese Army Airforce Museum north of Beijing… like you do!
In the main indoor display area – a renovated 300 meter long hardered bunker (!) – is a Mosquito reproduction, with an original wing and some addition parts built into it. I have a picture but due to the poor lighting and lack of a tripod on the day, this has come out blurred and is of no use.
Does any one know which Mossie the wing is from, and how it came to be part of this mammoth aircraft collection?
Cheers
APC104 🙂
By: DocStirling - 7th December 2005 at 18:43
Didnt they fly ‘top cover’ for Stirlings?
Nah, ’twas the other way around 😉
DS
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 7th December 2005 at 15:32
Didnt they fly ‘top cover’ for Stirlings?
By: Pete Truman - 7th December 2005 at 15:28
It’s in Chinese Nationalist markings, so pre Moa Tse Tung, did the Communists continue to operate them or is this the usual Chinese grey area of knowledge, no offence meant.
Didn’t they have a Southampton class cruiser as well, sorry I know ships can’t fly but the loss of historic British warships makes me really p***** off, apart from the Belfast, a destroyer, a few MTB’s and subs, we have very little of the history of the worlds greatest navy at the start of WW2 remaining.
Is the Admirals pinnace still rotting away at Pin Mill.
Sorry, mosquitoes, mosquitoes, mosquitoes, can’t wait to see them at Hatfield on Sunday.
By: paulmcmillan - 7th December 2005 at 13:45
It is probably an FB26, as China got their Mossies via Canada.
The mock up seems to owe a lot to TU-2, and very little to Mosquito!
Bruce
Ahh so it as MosquiTU !
By: Bruce - 7th December 2005 at 13:21
It is probably an FB26, as China got their Mossies via Canada.
The mock up seems to owe a lot to TU-2, and very little to Mosquito!
Bruce
By: dhfan - 7th December 2005 at 12:35
According to mossie.org it has the rotting remains of an unknown FB.VI port wing and the rest is repro.
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