Accession Number | P03823.014 |
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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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The right hand fuselage half of the DH-98 Mosquito bomber aircraft in the factory in Annandale, ...
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.