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TERRY RYAN Limited Edition Prints The first canadian built mosquito to enter raf service KB161 #139 Sqdr at Wyton on 11 November 1943 On 2 December 1943, KB161 flew its first sortie when Canadian Flt. Lt. G. Salter and W/O A.C. Pearson DFM took the Mosquito to Berlin in a Three Wave Raid. 19" x 24" Unframed Few Autograph and numbered xx/250 Limited Edition Print No. 139 Squadron Royal Air Force was formed on 3 July 1918 at Villaverla in Italy and was equipped with Bristol F2b fighter aircraft. It was disbanded on 7 March 1919. The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a British multi-role combat aircraft with a two-man crew that served during World War II and the postwar era. The Mosquito was one of the few operational front-line aircraft of the World War II era to be constructed almost entirely of wood and, as such, was nicknamed "The Wooden Wonder". To its crews it was simply the "Mossie". Originally conceived as an unarmed fast bomber, the Mosquito was adapted to many other roles during the air war, including low- to medium-altitude daytime tactical bomber, high-altitude night bomber, pathfinder, day or night fighter, fighter-bomber, intruder, maritime strike aircraft, and fast photo-reconnaissance aircraft. Total Mosquito production was 7,781 of which 6,710 were built during the war. De Havilland Canada built 1,134 Mosquitos at Downsview, of which 444 were on strength with the RCAF in models Bomber Mk VII through Trainer Mk 29 from 1 June 1943 to 28 September 1951. There are approximately 30 non-flying Mosquitos remaining around the world and only three are airworthy. Source: Wikipedia