Mosquito Fighter/Bomber Audio and Video

• Listen to the sound of a Mosquito in flight (146 KB wav file)
  
  
• View video of Mosquito in flight (16.6 MB wmv file)
  
  
• View a video on the history and wartime service of the unique wooden Mosquito fighter/bomber, from its inception through its service in WW2. The final part of this video is missing, but the first 4 parts below cover the most important aspects of the plane.
  
  
  • Part 1: The Mosquito is still in development as the Battle of Britain begins (23.1 MB wmv file)
  • Part 2: Mosquitos are first used as photo reconnaissance aircraft and then as fast, low-level bombers (27.7 MB wmv file)
  • Part 3: The Mosquito is used extensively to bomb Berlin; a new night-fighter version of the plane goes into service and is used to shoot down German V-1 rockets over Britain (25.8 MB wmv file)
  • Part 4: Mosquitos take part in a daring rescue of French prisoners of war (27.4 MB wmv file)

Stirling Bomber Video

• View video of Stirlings on the ground and in flight (No Stirlings survive today and good videos of the aircraft are rare. Parts of this video are of poor quality, but it does include a few good views of the aircraft. This video also contains brief interviews with Stirling crewmen and some footage of the Manchester bomber.)    (23.5 MB wmv file)

Typhoon Fighter Video

• View video of a Typhoon fighter plane in a British museum -- the only surviving Typhoon in the world today. The British quickly scrapped many of their WW2 aircraft after the war and this aircraft was actually saved by the USA and later returned to the British in exchange for a Hawker Hurricane aircraft    (12.6 MB wmv file)