The restoration of a World War Two combat aircraft can now be completed following a donation from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The de Havilland Aircraft Museum at Salisbury Hall in London Colney has received £41,000 so work can be finished on the de Havilland Mosquito Prototype fighter-bomber.
The four-year project ensures the “wooden wonder’s” survival and has been carried out by volunteers at the museum.
Mike Nevin, marketing director at the museum, said: “Ensuring the conservation and restoration of the whole range of de Havilland aircraft and preserving the heritage of this Hatfield-based aircraft design and manufacturing company is the central theme of the museum.
“We are therefore grateful to the Heritage Lottery Fund for its support for our Mosquito project.”
The project has seen the aircraft totally disassembled, attention paid to areas of the wooden fuselage, wings and tail plane, and it is now being reassembled in preparation for the 75th anniversary on November 25th this year of its maiden flight from de Havilland’s Hatfield airfield.
The aircraft, W4050, is one of three Mosquitoes on display at the museum and was the first one built and the first to take to the sky.
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