World War II bomber the De Havilland Mosquito could be back in British skies 'by 2023'

An iconic wooden plane used in the Second World War could be back in the skies by 2023 thanks to an £8million restoration project based on thousands of original drawings. The De Havilland Mosquito bomber hasn't been seen in British airspace since the last one crashed in 1996. But a private project is investing huge amounts of money and years of man-hours to bring'The Wooden Wonder' back to life using more than 22,500 original blueprints from Airbus. The People's Mosquito, working with aircraft reconstruction specialists Retrotec, hope the Rolls-Royce powered machine will be completed in the next four years. A De Havilland bomber is pictured during flight in 1944.