#de Havilland Mosquito

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Hello! I bring more Take To Flight AU! I am having a lot of fun with this AU, and it's revived a lot of my creativity. I feel I've been burnt out for the most part for a while now, and I think doing something for myself again has been really fun!

Lore Under the Cut!

So, it's a very loose story so far; all regions are connected on a map (the map will be below under the explanation). Basically, Team Rainbow Rocket has come across a very gritty version of a Pokemon universe, where Pokemon are still, for the most part, very wild, very few being kept as pets and even fewer being trained; some animals have jobs, like the Furfrou in the image, it is a hunting dog as well as a rescue dog when the time arrives, seeking out and retrieving objects or people. This universe utilizes old technology, such as planes, radios, etc., to function. The discourse between the regions mainly brought scientific development to a halt. Team Rainbow Rocket sees this as an easy opportunity to claim yet another AU in its quest to take over the multiverse. However, the people in this universe fight back, which is the first time in a very long time that all of the regions come together to work towards a goal, and scientific development booms during this time. Specifically, Ingo and Emmet are pilots in the Unovan Air Force and are part of a Recon Team in their trust De Havilland Mosquito, which is a wooden plane that was used for recon but also used as a nuisance bomber during World War II. On a mission to do recon in the East, they get intercepted by two fighter jets (I haven't decided which ones) and are separated from their group and put into a 2 v 1 dogfight, which doesn't end well. The fighter jets attacking them are from their Universe's Evil team, which I haven't really designed yet, but we are getting there.

Ingo, Emmet, and their navigator, Colress, are shot down; each is able to eject in a timely manner and deploy parachutes. However, Ingo and Emmet are vastly separated by dense forest and mountain ranges. Emmet and Colress are near enough to each other that they find each other quickly. However, Ingo is in a tight spot some people from a small village near Kalos find him. All three of them sustained injuries, Ingo of course, getting amnesia from hitting his head, Emmet was slightly impaled by a stick, and Colress is having a time^tm (I haven't really decided for him yet, but we will see) The map is very loosely drawn, I am not a map maker, but I was having fun and that was the important part to me. Also note the region of Kardin is my own fan region which I haven't really talked about but I am working on a side thing for that.

Thank you so much for reading my ramblings I appreciate it a lot.

[dronescapesvideos]

RAF De Havilland Mosquito IVs 105 Squadron, Marhamn on December 1942.

➤➤ VIDEO: https://youtu.be/yoNk0Ky3lH4

[airmanisr]

RR299 / G-ASKH, DH98 Mosquito T.3, Old Warden, 28-07-1974 by Gordon Riley

[nelc]

Photo-reconnaissance Supermarine Spitfire and De Havilland Mosquito in USAAF livery

[pinturas-sgm-aviacion]

1945 02 Devastating Strike - Robert Taylor

Mosquito Mk.VIs from 143 Squadron, part of the famous Banff Strike Wing, delivering a blistering strike on a pair of large enemy ships off the Norwegian coast in early 1945. Their salvo of rockets, however, will likely be enough to penetrate the ships’ hulls.

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WWII, French Indochina by Linh Yoshimura Via Flickr: Dec 1945 - Japanese prisoners of war working to repair the taxiing strip at Saigon airfield, Vietnam. Notice, two Royal Airforce de Havilland Mosquito’s are visible in background.

[classicwoodie]

The de Havilland Mosquito may not be the most famous bomber around but got the job done back in WWII. This light bomber served the Royal Air Force, US Army Air Forces, and Royal Canadian Air Forces during World War II.

[rockshox-squared]

lmao so me and dad were talking and i said "aren't the lancaster and the B17 technically simmilar?"

They are, but funny thing is, the Lancaster, despite being about the same size as the B17 could carry about 5,400 kg(22,000 lbs) when pushed(it's normal payload was 14,000 lbs, or 6,350 kgs).

Here's the funny part: despite being practically the same size, the B17 can only carry 2,200 kg(4,800 lbs). This is because the B17 was weighed down with defensive armaments(think gun turrets etc). The Lanc could carry this much weight because it was built lighter(depending on if it was carrying a grand slam or not), and had a tail gunner(whose role had the highest fatality per dog fight) and a nose gunner(i dont know if there was any more defensive weponary on the Lanc but if there is plz tell me T-T). It was also the only plane modified to carry the grand slam earthquake bombs, which weighed 22,000 lbs - the maximum payload for the Lancaster. While both planes are good, i find my bias leaning more towards older British warplanes. This is mainly because British warplanes planes smaller - and lighter - then the B17 could carry more bombs than the B17 itself, for example, the mosqito. Am i doing this without factoring the range in? yes. I dont really think i really want to research all that right now

please dont come at me in the reblogs/tags

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De Havilland Mosquito

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DH.98 Mosquito built in 1945 taking off from the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach

[classicwoodie]

The Mosquito built by DE Havilland for Great Britton.

De Havilland

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De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, The "Wooden Wonder". The Extraordinary Multirole Combat aircraft

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NZ2308/ZK-PWL [de Havilland Australia DH.98 Mosquito T.43] taxiing back to AvSpecs 1/04/24.

New to the RAAF as an FB.40, it was given the s/n A52-20. Like MoTaT's Mossie, it was changed midway through production to a T.43 and re-serialled to A52-1054.

It was sold to the RNZAF in 1947 for a cost of £3000 and after just 479:35 airframe hours, it was deemed surplus in 1955.

It was recovered by MoTaT and presented to Olwyn Fenner as payment for his work on sister airframe NZ2305.

Olwyn began the restoration process, and at some point during the project, Glyn Powell joined the team. He would eventually take over the project and formed Mosquito Restorations Ltd.

Unfortunately, Glyn passed away before he got the chance to see his masterpiece finished, and as a result, AvSpecs took over the work.

In late March, after 15 years of restoration, NZ2308 took to the skies as ZK-PWL (in honour of Glyn) and debuted at Warbirds over Wānaka '24 (29/03-31/03).

It will now be packed into a container and sent to the United States.

[airmanisr]

RR299 / G-ASKH, DH98 Mosquito T.3, Old Warden, 28-07-1974 by Gordon Riley

[nelc]

Either a B.IV or a B.XX De Havilland Mosquito after a low-flying incident in Canada

[pinturas-sgm-aviacion]

1944 05 Göring's Envy - Colin Parker

DH MOSQUITO FB Mk VI Wing Commander Robert Wilson Iredale, 464 Squadron RAAF. SB-F LR334. Navigator F/Lt J Mcaul. Aircraft SB-A MM402, Sqd Ldr WRC Sogden. No. 464 Squadron RAAF was a RAAF bomber squadron during World War II. Formed in 1942 in the United Kingdom with personnel from Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the Netherlands, the squadron served in the light bomber role, undertaking operations over France and the Low Countries, from bases in England. It also flew night fighter missions. Later, following D-Day, the squadron moved to France where it was used to interdict German transports and infrastructure. It further engaged in several low-level precision raids against Gestapo targets in France and Denmark. The squadron was disbanded in September 1945, following the conclusion of the war. Göring himself had strong views about the Mosquito, lecturing a group of German aircraft manufacturers in 1943 that:

“In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now! It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set - then at least I'll own something that has always worked”.