History in a Warehouse
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The city of Calgary recently blocked a deal to sell one of the few WWII-era de Havilland Mosquito warplanes remaining in Canada.
Directors of the Calgary Aero Space Museum had plans to sell the historic bomber, known as “F for Freddie”, to a private British collector, but an influential aviation buff convinced the city that the plane had priceless historical value.
Learn more about the Mosquito on the Warplane site, and find out why the de Havilland Mosquito was one of the The Warplanes That Changed The World.
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