List of de Havilland Mosquito operators
The following are operators of the de Havilland Mosquito:
Military operators
Australia
- No. 1 Squadron RAAF
- No. 87 Squadron RAAF
- No. 94 Squadron RAAF
- No. 456 Squadron RAAF
- No. 464 Squadron RAAF
- No. 1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit RAAF
- No. 5 Operational Training Unit RAAF
Belgium
- Belgian Air Force 11 Squadron, 1 Wing
Canada
- No. 400 Squadron RCAF
- No. 404 Squadron RCAF
- No. 406 Squadron RCAF
- No. 409 Squadron RCAF
- No. 410 Squadron RCAF
- No. 418 Squadron RCAF
China
- 1st BG RoCAF flew 200 Canadian built Mosquitos 1948–1949
People's Republic of China
- Five ex-Nationalist Mosquitos operated by PLAAF in all version.
- Took part in the flight demonstration of the foundation celebration of People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949.
Czechoslovakia
Dominican Republic
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France
Haiti
Israel
New Zealand
- 14 Squadron (replacing Vought Corsairs 1948–1952)
- 75 Squadron (replacing Avro Lincolns 1945–1951)
- 487 Squadron (replacing Lockheed Venturas 1943–1945)
- 488 Squadron (replacing Bristol Beaufighters 1943–1945)
- 489 Squadron (replacing Bristol Beaufighters 1945)
Norway
Poland
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- No. 305 Polish Bomber Squadron, "Ziemi Wielkopolskiej im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego"
- No. 307 Polish Night Fighter Squadron, "Lwowskich Puchaczy"
South Africa
- No 60 Squadron (PR) SAAF, (North Africa, San Severo (Italy), Bloemfontein (South Africa): February 1943 – June 1947)
Soviet Union
Sweden
- Västmanland Wing (F 1)
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
- No. 4 Squadron RAF
- No. 8 Squadron RAF
- No. 11 Squadron RAF
- No. 13 Squadron RAF
- No. 14 Squadron RAF
- No. 16 Squadron RAF
- No. 18 Squadron RAF
- No. 21 Squadron RAF
- No. 22 Squadron RAF
- No. 23 Squadron RAF
- No. 25 Squadron RAF
- No. 27 Squadron RAF
- No. 29 Squadron RAF
- No. 36 Squadron RAF
- No. 39 Squadron RAF
- No. 45 Squadron RAF
- No. 46 Squadron RAF
- No. 47 Squadron RAF
- No. 55 Squadron RAF
- No. 58 Squadron RAF
- No. 68 Squadron RAF
- No. 69 Squadron RAF
- No. 81 Squadron RAF
- No. 82 Squadron RAF
- No. 84 Squadron RAF
- No. 85 Squadron RAF
- No. 89 Squadron RAF
- No. 96 Squadron RAF
- No. 98 Squadron RAF
- No. 105 Squadron RAF
- No. 107 Squadron RAF
- No. 108 Squadron RAF
- No. 109 Squadron RAF
- No. 110 Squadron RAF
- No. 114 Squadron RAF
- No. 125 Squadron RAF
- No. 128 Squadron RAF
- No. 139 Squadron RAF
- No. 140 Squadron RAF
- No. 141 Squadron RAF
- No. 142 Squadron RAF
- No. 143 Squadron RAF
- No. 151 Squadron RAF
- No. 157 Squadron RAF
- No. 162 Squadron RAF
- No. 163 Squadron RAF
- No. 169 Squadron RAF
- No. 176 Squadron RAF
- No. 180 Squadron RAF
- No. 192 Squadron RAF
- No. 199 Squadron RAF
- No. 211 Squadron RAF
- No. 219 Squadron RAF
- No. 235 Squadron RAF
- No. 239 Squadron RAF
- No. 248 Squadron RAF
- No. 249 Squadron RAF
- No. 254 Squadron RAF
- No. 255 Squadron RAF
- No. 256 Squadron RAF
- No. 264 Squadron RAF
- No. 268 Squadron RAF
- No. 333 Squadron RAF
- No. 334 Squadron RAF
- No. 500 Squadron RAF
- No. 502 Squadron RAF
- No. 504 Squadron RAF
- No. 515 Squadron RAF
- No. 521 Squadron RAF
- No. 527 Squadron RAF
- No. 540 Squadron RAF
- No. 544 Squadron RAF
- No. 571 Squadron RAF
- No. 600 Squadron RAF
- No. 604 Squadron RAF
- No. 605 Squadron RAF
- No. 608 Squadron RAF
- No. 609 Squadron RAF
- No. 613 Squadron RAF
- No. 614 Squadron RAF
- No. 616 Squadron RAF
- No. 617 Squadron RAF
- No. 618 Squadron RAF
- No. 627 Squadron RAF
- No. 680 Squadron RAF
- No. 681 Squadron RAF
- No. 683 Squadron RAF
- No. 684 Squadron RAF
- No. 692 Squadron RAF
- 703 Naval Air Squadron VI,[1] T.R.33,[2] T.T.39, T.R.37[3]
- 704 Naval Air Squadron VI, T.3,[1] B.25[4]
- 728 Naval Air Squadron T.3,[1] T.T.39,[3] B.25
- 733 Naval Air Squadron B.25[4]
- 739 Naval Air Squadron T.R.33[2]
- 751 Naval Air Squadron VI,[1] T.R.33[2]
- 762 Naval Air Squadron VI, T.3,[1] T.R.33, [2] B.25[4]
- 770 Naval Air Squadron B.25[4]
- 771 Naval Air Squadron T.R.33,[2] T.T.39, T.R37,[3] B.25[4]
- 772 Naval Air Squadron B.25[4]
- 773 Naval Air Squadron VI[1]
- 777 Naval Air Squadron B.25[4]
- 778 Naval Air Squadron VI,[1] T.R.33,[2] B.25[4]
- 780 Naval Air Squadron VI, T.3[1]
- 787 Naval Air Squadron VI[1]
- 790 Naval Air Squadron VI,[1] T.R.33,[2] B.25[4]
- 797 Naval Air Squadron B.25[4]
- 811 Naval Air Squadron VI, T.3[1]
United States
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- 25th Bombardment Group
- 492nd Bombardment Group
- 802nd Reconnaissance Group
- 8th Reconnaissance Squadron Special
- 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
- 103rd Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (1951–1956)
- 88th Bomber Aviation Regiment (1952–1957)
- 16th Reconnaissance Squadron of Anti-Aircraft Artillery (1958–1962)
Civil operators
Canada
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- Spartan Air Services[6]
Mexico
- Coculum Aeronautica SA de CV
Switzerland
Swissair briefly operated a single interned reconnaissance Mosquito in 1944, but the aircraft was handed back to the Swiss Air Force, who used it as a test bed in 1945.[7]
Turkey
- General Command of Mapping (Turkey)
United Kingdom
- Fleet Requirements Unit, civilian operated unit, run by Airwork Ltd for the Fleet Air Arm
See also
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References
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Thetford 1991, p. 99.
- ^ a b c d e f g Thetford 1991, p. 100.
- ^ a b c Thetford 1991, p. 102.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Thetford 1991, p. 422.
- ^ Freeman 1973, pp. 202–207.
- ^ Jackson 1973, p.160-163
- ^ Sharp and Bowyer 1995, p.126.
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