P03823.009 Accession Number: P03823.009

Description

Workers clamping fuselage in the production of a DH-98 Mosquito Bomber aircraft at the factory of former furniture maker F Dickin Pty Ltd, a plant at Leichhardt NSW which was employed to produce the rear spar of the DH-98 Mosquito Bomber aircraft. De Havilland also took over other Sydney furniture factories to produce other components: Rickets and Thorp Pty Ltd, front spar; Bray and Halliday Pty Ltd, wing skins; Reilton and Griffin, tank doors. The Annandale NSW piano factory of Beale and Co Ltd produced the fuselage of the aircraft.

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Accession Number
P03823.009
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
c 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor S. Southwell
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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