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Hello and welcome to another World War II podcast.

I'm Angus Wallace.

In today's episode we'll be looking at the de Haviland mosquito. It was fast,

extremely versatile and made from wood, affectionately referred to as the mozy.

Over 7,000 were built, yet only two remain flying today.

I'm joined by John Lily, Ross Sharp and Nick Horrocks.

They are from the People's Mosquito, a project aiming to get another Mozzie flying. John is the chairman and managing director, Ross is the director of engineering and Nick his communications.

Thank you for joining me gentlemen.

I wonder if we should start with the specification that kicked it all off in

1936. What was the aviation ministry looking for?

Ross do you want to kick us off?

They were looking for a twin engine bomber that would carry a 3,000 pound bomb load to Berlin.

The maximum speed is somewhere between 250 and 300 miles an hour.

Now after that specification came, eventually the Manchester and the Halifax,

but the real crucial thing is the air ministry was locked in

to having large bombers with one turret to defend themselves

and that meant large metal bombers. There was only one company that was meant large metal bombers.

There was only one company that was still

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