Video: Mosquito Night Fighter – Engine Start Sequence

How do you start the famous Mossie? Take our tour of the de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk.II, as we go through the Pilot’s wartime engine starting sequence following the 1944 Air Ministry Pilot’s Notes for the Mosquito Night Fighter.

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I would like to offer a special thanks to Tony Agar for his kind help.

Textual extracts from Air Ministry Air Publications are Crown Copyright and transcribed with the kind permission of the National Archives, London. All colour diagrams are based on original Air Ministry Air Publications mono illustrations and transcribed into colour by Bryan Atkinson with the permission of the National Archives, London.

Thanks must also be given to the following superb organisations for their kind support when Bryan Atkinson originally developed The Mosquito Explored PC CD-ROM back in 2010, all are listed below and are included once again in this series of videos.

Mosquito Prototype, W4050. De Havilland Heritage Centre.

Mosquito NF Mk.II, HJ711. Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre.

Mosquito FB Mk.VI, TA122. De Havilland Heritage Centre.

Mosquito TT. Mk.35, TA634. De Havilland Heritage Centre.

Mosquito TT. Mk.35, TA639. RAF Museum, Cosford.

Mosquito TT. Mk.35, TJ138. RAF Museum, London.

Mosquito TT. Mk.35, TA719. Imperial War Museum, Duxford.

The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust.

The National Archives, London.

The material contained in this video is intended for historical, reference and entertainment value only, and is not to be construed as usable for aircraft or component restoration, maintenance, or use.

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Table of Contents:

00:00 - Introduction

00:34 - Preliminaries

00:58 - Entering the Cockpit

01:13 - Starting Engines and Warming Up

02:12 - Setting Engine Controls

02:53 - Port Engine Start

03:40 - Starboard Engine Start

04:14 - After Warming Up