de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre (inc the Mosquito Aircraft Museum)

de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre (inc the Mosquito Aircraft Museum) is a secret wartime site waiting to be discovered by you. It is the home of the prototype Mosquito and there is also on display a variety of de Havilland aircraft and sections, ranging from Tiger Moth to modern military and civil jets. In September 1939, the de Havilland Aircraft Company established the Mosquito design team in the sixteenth century Salisbury Hall, with the Prototype Mosquito, E0234/W4050, which was subsequently built on the site. However, de Havillands left in 1947 and Salisbury Hall slipped into a derelict condition. But in 1955, Salisbury Hall was taken in hand by an ex Royal Marine Major named Walter Goldsmith who restored it and opened it up to the public. He brought back the prototype Mosquito, E0234/W4050, as one of the attractions in 1959, an action which led to the establishment of the Mosquito Aircraft Museum, now known as the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre.

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de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre (inc the Mosquito Aircraft Museum),
PO Box 107,
Salisbury Hall, London Colney,
St Albans,
Hertfordshire
AL2 1EX

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