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MOSQUITO/VR796

de Havilland Mosquito

Serial #: VR796
Construction #: -
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model:
  B Mk. 35
Name: None
Status: Restoration, For Sale?
Last info: 2002

History:
Built by Airspeed in 1948.
- Stored until 1954.
Spartan Air Services Ltd, Ottawa, Ontario, Nov. 1954-1966.
- Delivered from Burnaston to Ottawa, May 2, 1955.
- Modified for high altitude, high speed photo work.
- Last flight, June 10, 1963.
- Retired at Uplands, Ottawa, Ontario, 1963.
Don Campbell, Kapuskasing, Ontario, Dec. 1966-1986.
- Restoration begun.
- Project moved to Mission, BC, for further restoration.
-- Reported use of parts from TA717.
Ed & Rose Zalesky, Surrey, BC, 1986-2002.
- Restoration to airworthy.
Reported that this project is for sale.

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
www.mossie.org
Photo Source(s):
None.

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