Special Hobby 1/72 SH72544 DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk.XV High Altitude Night Fighter Kit
Special Hobby's finely detailed kit offers decals for two machines, one in PRU Blue and the other in Deep Blue. - The Mosquito NF Mk.XV has never been kitted in styrene format before - highly eye-catching and attractive version - superb levels of detail
During the Second World War, the Junkers Ju 86P and R high-altitude reconnaissance and bomber aircraft appeared over Great Britain. Initially, the RAF was unable to intervene against them, until the high-altitude versions of the Spitfire Mk.VII and modified Spitfire Mk.IX brought about a turning point. The threat that the Luftwaffe would deploy more powerful bombers led to the development of a high-altitude fighter version of the Mosquito. This version had a pressurized cockpit, a radar in the nose, an extended wing with a span of 19 meters, high-altitude Merlin 76 engines with four-blade propellers. A small batch of ‘Fifteens’ was produced and assigned to No.85 Sqn. RAF for flight testing.