Canadian dehavilland mosquito restoration project

[George McKenzie]

The Bentley Brothers in Vancouver BC were issued Timber berth # 1 to log Balsa wood off the Queen Sharlot islands to make the Mosquito bomber .They later went on to own Canfor Lumber Co .

[David Dunlop]

If you recheck the site back in Post #1, they have updated some still shots of the first flight back in late June. Hopefully some videos will be posted shortly.

David

[Jes Andersen]

There was a lot of Sitka Spruce logged on Haida Qwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) during both the First World War and the Second World War. Areas on Massett Inlet and around South Moresby still show the evidence of that activity. Aero Camp on South Moresby had a large rail network to get the logs to tidewater. Some years ago, the Sandspit Inn had a large photo behind the front desk of a train crossing a trestle with one very large log on each car and a man on top to apply the car brakes when needed. At the end of WW1, much of the wood still in the booming areas was left to sink and rot away. The spruce for the Mosquito came from an area on South Moresby and a lake there is named Mosquito Lake. Probably for more than one reason.
Jess

[Marc Montgomery]

some interesting info... man what a beautiful plane.. Thank goodness there are individuals with the money and resources to accomplish such restorations.

I have seen some neat photos of Mozzies landing in Toronto at the DeHavilland plant coming in low --very very low, across a city street.

I was also told wings were made at the motor torpedo boat plant in montreal as they had the skilled workers and materials (as they were building the wooden MTBs) to do the job.