Another legendary aircraft of the Second World War: De Havilland Mosquito!
The KA114 is one of the first built aircraft of the Mosquito FB.26. It was built by de Havilland at the Canadian Downsview factory. The KA114 was taken into use by the Royal Canadian Air Force on 22 February 1945, but this was of short duration.
In 1978, the aircraft was taken away from a farmer and was restored in New Zealand. In 2012 it flew again for the first time. The aircraft is on display at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach.
I took this photo on August 30, 2015 during the Thunder over Michigan Airshow.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…