Originally thought to be nose only, the rear fuselage
has also been acquired. I have been informed that this nose
section is in very poor condition, in effect nothing more than
a collection of parts.
Under restoration. Using the nose section of HJ711,
the rear fuselage of TT.35 RS715 from Elstree, the centre section
of Mk XVI PF498 from Leyland and the outer wings of T.3 VA878 from
St. Davids!
Although not strictly a survivor (the aircraft crashed
and burned after a an aerial survey flight on July 10th, 1956),
the remains were recovered in June 1996 and a rebuild has started.
More information about the project can be read here.
Owned by Jerry Yagen's Fighter
Factory. Recently completed restoration to airworthy status by
Avspecs in New
Zealand. New build fuselage constructed by Glyn Powell.
Previously, owned and stored by Ed and Rose Zalesky in Surrey,
Canada, very poor condition, really only a collection of parts
(source Robert Stitt).
This aircraft has been restored to a PR.XVI configuration
and has been painted to represent a weather reconnaissance
aircraft of the 653rd Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, based in
England in 1944-45, complete with serial number NS519.
Sold in 1953, flown from New Zealand to California
where it was damaged in a landing accident. The aircraft was subsequently
registered as N9909F and eventually de-registered in 1970, the
aircraft became derelict, but some components are with Jim Merizan.
In the 1980's, Jim Merizan traded ownership of PZ474 to the Swedish
Air Force Museum.
RF670/N9868F Note: this aircraft may actually be PF670/N9868F
Unknown!
Precise current location of this Mosquito is unknown.
Information circa 1988 states that the remains of N9868F reside
with the Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX, however information
from the CAF says otherwise!. If anyone knows its definite location
and registration, please contact me!
The remains of TA717 were sold by Mike Meeker to
Jim Merizan in California in the mid-1980s when the project to
restore HML folded. Jim Merizan subsequently sold the remains
to Jim Dearborn
around the start of 1999.
Under active restoration. The Mosquito Aircraft Association of Australia has its own web site which details the
restoratin of A52-600 at www.aussiemossie.asn.au.
Owned by the Australian War Memorial Museum, Canberra.
Modified from a PR.40 (A52-210) during construction. This
aircraft was rolled out at the end of 1996.
Rescued by the late John Smith, whose family have appointed the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre (OAHC) to work with them as guardians of his remarkable collection.
Currently the candidate airframe for the
Mosquito Pathfinder Trust in the UK. Originally the plan was for a radical rebuild by Glyn Powell using
new fuselage halves incorporating metal parts from the original
NZ2308. An article (on the NZFPM site courtesy of NZ Wings) is
located
here.
There is some confusion about whether this aircraft
qualifies as a survivor or not - does anyone have further details
of the aircraft that they could send
me?