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[]
- 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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Dominican AF De Havilland Mosquito FB.6
France[]
- French Air Force
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[]
- 333 Squadron
- 334 Squadron
Poland[]
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De Havilland Mosquito NF.XIX of the Royal Swedish Air Force in October 1949.
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De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI NS930 of the Turkish Air Force at Manchester (Ringway) Airport in 1947
- 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[]
- Soviet Air Force
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
- Royal Navy (Fleet Air Arm)
- 703 Naval Air Squadron
- 726 Naval Air Squadron
- 728 Naval Air Squadron
- 733 Naval Air Squadron
- 751 Naval Air Squadron
- 762 Naval Air Squadron
- 770 Naval Air Squadron
- 771 Naval Air Squadron
- 772 Naval Air Squadron
- 777 Naval Air Squadron
- 778 Naval Air Squadron
- 780 Naval Air Squadron
- 790 Naval Air Squadron
- 811 Naval Air Squadron
United States[]
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De Havilland of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bombardment Group, at RAF Watton England.
- 416th Night Fighter Squadron
- 425th Night Fighter Squadron
- 25th Bombardment Group
- 653rd Bomb Squadron
- 654th Bomb Squadron
- 492nd Bombardment Group
- 802nd Reconnaissance Group
- 8th Reconnaissance Squadron Special
- 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
Venezuela[]
- Venezuelan Air Force
Yugoslavia[]
- SFR Yugoslav Air Force
- 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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De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B.35 CF-HML of Spartan Air Services, Ottawa, Ontario.
- Spartan Air Services[2]
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.[3]
Turkey[]
- General Command of Mapping (Turkey)
United Kingdom[]
- BOAC
See also[]
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References[]
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