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de Havilland Jet Mosquito


Jet-Powered Fighter-Bomber Aircraft Project


United Kingdom | 1942



"The Jet Mosquito was a proposed jet-conversion offshoot of the classic de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito fighter-bomber line- it came to nothing."

Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one aircraft design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for the de Havilland Jet Mosquito Jet-Powered Fighter-Bomber Aircraft Project.
2 x de havilland Halford H-1 turbojet engines of unknown thrust output.
Propulsion
445 mph
716 kph | 387 kts
Max Speed
32,808 ft
10,000 m | 6 miles
Service Ceiling
404 miles
650 km | 351 nm
Operational Range
2,500 ft/min
762 m/min
Rate-of-Climb
Structure
The nose-to-tail, wingtip-to-wingtip physical qualities of the de Havilland Jet Mosquito Jet-Powered Fighter-Bomber Aircraft Project.
2
(MANNED)
Crew
44.6 ft
13.60 m
O/A Length
54.1 ft
(16.50 m)
O/A Width
12.5 ft
(3.80 m)
O/A Height
22,046 lb
(10,000 kg)
Empty Weight
33,069 lb
(15,000 kg)
MTOW
Armament
Available supported armament and special-mission equipment featured in the design of the de Havilland Jet Mosquito Jet-Powered Fighter-Bomber Aircraft Project .
ESTIMATED:
Up to 2,000lb of conventional drop stores. Assumed cannon armament as well, probably 4 x 20mm automatic guns in the nose assembly.
Variants
Notable series variants as part of the de Havilland Jet Mosquito family line.
Jet Mosquito - Base Project Name
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The "Jet Mosquito" was a briefly-entertained conversion project of the classic de Havilland DH.98 "Mosquito" series fighter-bomber (detailed elsewhere on this site). The Mosquito excelled in various roles during World War 2 (1939-1945) and was produced in the thousands during, and after, the conflict. Its success only opened the aircraft to various proposed production types by the company, such was the over-battlefield potency of "The Wooden Wonder".

As the name suggests, the Jet Mosquito was to become a jet-powered development of the classic DH.98 offering. The airframe would have retained much of the form and function of the original save for slightly swept-back wing mainplanes. The original propeller-driven engines naturally gave way to underwing nacelles housing turbojet engines. The crew resided under a bubble-style canopy offering excellent forward vision. The tail unit would have incorporated a single vertical tail fin and low-set horizontal planes. A tail-dragger undercarriage arrangement was to be standard for ground-running.

Power was derived from 2 x de Havilland Halford H-1 (evolving into the "Goblin") series turbojet engines to which a maximum speed of 445 miles per hour was estimated. The Goblin powerplant went on to power several notable aircraft such as the Gloster Meteor and de Havilland Vampire aircraft. An internal bomb load of up to 2,000lb was projected.

The design, with paperwork appearing as early as mid-1942, did not progress beyond a few known drawings.

Some specifications on this page are estimated on the part of the author.

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Operators
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Total Production: 0 Units

Contractor(s): de Havilland - United Kingdom
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