The right hand fuselage half of the DH-98 Mosquito bomber aircraft in the factory in Annandale, ...

Accession Number P03823.014
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made c 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

The right hand fuselage half of the DH-98 Mosquito bomber aircraft in the factory in Annandale, NSW, used to produce the fuselage of the DH-98 Mosquito bomber aircraft. De Havilland took over the piano factory of Beale and Co Ltd to produce this part of the aircraft. A variety of Sydney furniture factories produced other components: Rickets and Thorp Pty Ltd, front spar; F Dickin Pty Ltd, rear spar; Bray and Halliday Pty Ltd, wing skins; Reilton and Griffin, tank doors.

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