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After spending a forture restoring it to flight and having it back in the USA for a very short duration, Rod Lewis has sold the Mosquito (as well as a P-51 and a P-40) to a new owner in California....

Yes, they were being broken up in more than one location in NZ, I only mentioned RNZAF Woodbourne as it was the only location I could name, as it was the location that IIRC at least 2 of the...

A lot of the RNZAF Mosquitoes were broken up/scrapped at RNZAF Woodbourne I believe.
None of the ex-RNZAF aircraft were used in 633 Squadron, as these were all the ex-No.3 CAACU aircraft from RAF...

There was nothing left to rebuild as it was consumed by fire at the crash site.
I believe those items recovered for the investigation, were later scrapped once the investigation was completed.

PZ474 has been restored in the markings of a Banff Strike Wing anti-shipping aircraft, and includes a complete set of underwing rails and a full set of 60lb RP's to hang on them...:thup:
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It was something of an epic ferry flight across the vastness of the Pacific from NZ to California in Mar 1955, routing from NZ via Fiji, Kanton Islands and Honolulu, even managing to extinguish an...

The 3rd Mosquito to be restored by Avespecs in NZ made it first post-restoration flights yesterday :clap:
PZ474 making a pass along Ardmore's runway during its first flight :D
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