Mosquito Sting

Another plane I have been fond of for a long time was the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito.

Although the Hawker Hurricane sits at the top of my list of favorites from this era, the Mosquito does make the cut into my top five. However, it wasn't so much what it did in real life that sparked my interest in this aircraft, it was how it was portrayed on the silver screen.

In 1964, the movie based on the same named novel, 633 Squadron with Cliff Robertson and George Chakiris, was released and showcased the plane on fictional sorties based real operations that took place. In fact, the "deep fjord" sequence from that film would inspire George Lucas' "trench run" in a latter movie called Star Wars.

1969 brought Mosquito Sqaudron, starring David McCallum, Suzanne Neve and Charles Gray. This squadron is tasked with taking out a underground V-1 assembly area with "bouncing bombs." Sadly, most of the footage wasn't new, being recycled from the earlier 633 Squadron.

Despite seeing this through adult eyes, watching those movies as a kid, those planes were quite the wonder machines. If only they flew like that in World of Warplanes....