Canadian Mosquito's

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
Those Canadian mosquito's.
Serial numbers I have come across.

HH990 to HH999 - Allotted but not used.
HJ108 to HJ149 - Allotted but not used.
HJ164 to HJ201 - Allotted but not used.
HJ222 to HJ270 - Allotted but not used.
HJ284 to HJ317 - Allotted but not used.
HJ333 to HJ378 - Allotted but not used.
HJ391 to HJ422 - Allotted but not used.
HJ447 to HJ491 - Allotted but not used.
HJ510 to HJ557 - Allotted but not used.
HJ573 to HJ628 - Allotted but not used.
KA100 to KA102 - Retained in Canada.
KA103;106;109 to 116;118;123 to 133;143;155;166 and 167;172 to 174;176;202 to 208;219 to 222;231 to 235;242 to 244;252;281;287 and 288;297 to 300;302 and 303;311; 313 and 314;317;328;332;336;340;347 and 348;350;352;371 and 372;375 to 377;379 to 388;390 to 403;405 and 406; 408 to 411; 415;418 to 450 - Retained in Canada.
KA451 to KA777 - Cancelled.
KA873 to KA876 - Retained in Canada.
KA877 to KA897 - Retained in Canada.
KA898 to KA927 - Cancelled.
KA928 to KA929 - Cancelled.
KA942 - Retained in Canada.
KA982 - Retained in Canada.
KA984 to 999 - Retained in Canada.
KB101 to KB112;114 ;121;126 to 129; 134 to 137; 142 to 145; 147; 155;163 to 165; 167 to 170;172 to 179; 190; 243 to 260; 274 to 295;297;299 to305;307 to 311; 314; 318 to 325; 327; 330 to 338;341 and 342; 371 to 375; 377;380;412;418;420;428;478;480;585;587;596 to 598;642 - Retained in Canada.

If I have these numbers right, then to what use were these 321 Mosquito's put.
There seems to be little or no history about their use in Canada or of their individual fates.

Thanks
Alex

[RSwank]

On page 31 of the book Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War, some of these serial numbers are mentioned. They were built as dual control trainers.

http://books.google.com/books?id=jHI...squito&f=false

[Crimea River]

KB336 is on display at the Canadiin Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa.

KA202 and 244 served with Kenting Aviation then Spartan Air Services in mapping ops in the 50's.

KA114 is restored and is the only flying Mossie in the world today.

[Col Bruggy]

Hello,

A few:

http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_JX579_KA232.html

Col.

[Bill Walker]

Originally Posted by Col Bruggy

Hello,

A few:

http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_JX579_KA232.html

Col.

My comments at the top of that page apply to most of the rest of the KA series, and some of the last KB series (which were built before the KA series). I will eventually get to individual histories for these Mosquitos, but I'm concentrating on the aircraft with actual histories first.

The small number of Mosquitos actually flown by the RCAF were almost all at No. 7 OTU on the east coast, with a few fighter squadrons on the west coast chasing Japanese paper balloons, or with test establishments.

[Stig Jarlevik]

Alex

From what I can see at face value, you rely on Air Britain's RAF Aircraft KA100 to KZ999. These details regarding the Mossies are not entirely correct and I have made a couple of changes.

Not sure if you have Phil Butler/Dan Hagedorn's Air Arsenal North America where the confusion regarding these Mosquitoes is rather well told although no detailed production list is given.

I assume you have another Air Britain book, The British Air Commission and lend lease? On page 154 and 158 you get quite a lot of details regarding aircraft which never entered the records anywhere since they were lost in transit or crashed before delivery so they are neither on RCAF nor RAF charge.

Finally, there is Griffin's book Canadian Military Aircraft which give most but not all details such as why KA102 is not recorded either with RCAF or RAF, but I have added a note that KA102 was retained by DHC and their internal Directory for Technical Development. Presumably it stayed with them and was scrapped at some unknown date. Loads of Mossies in the range KA101 to 540 went straight into storage. Lots of them were sold to China in late 1947. Some even found their way into the Canadian civil register.

Cheers
Stig

[Alex Smart]

Hello All,
Thanks for replying, it was to test the water so to speak.
I wonder about the serial numbers of those Post war Chinese Mosquito's and also wondered IF by chance any ended up being sent to Russia along with the many other aircraft via Alaska, perhaps as navigational guides to flights, and that they were left in Russia taken over by the Soviets ?
Alex

[dxtopher]

I see you have neglected to mention KB161, the first Canadian-made Mossie to be taken on charge by the RAF. There is a good history of the a/c here....

http://www.ch2a.ca/KB161_history.html

Cheers,
Don

[Alex Smart]

Hello Don,
Thank you for the link to the history of KB161.
But my question is about those Mosquito's that were retained in Canada.
Alex

[dxtopher]

Originally Posted by Alex Smart

Hello Don,
Thank you for the link to the history of KB161.
But my question is about those Mosquito's that were retained in Canada.
Alex

Sorry, my mistake.

Don