"Andrew Robert Breen" wrote in message
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De Havilland Sea Mosquito? IIRC they became operational from 'carriers
shortly before VJ day. Must have been quite a prospect for deck
handling.


I don't think an operational Sea Mosquito was ever operated on a carrier.
De Havilland modified a Mosquito FB.VI with an arresting hook, the necessary
fuselage and landing gear beefup for carrier trials which were conducted in
March 1944. The trials were satisfactory and another FB.VI was modified
with folding wings. These two aircraft served as prototypes of the Sea
Mosquito, but the first Sea Mosquito wouldn't fly until some three months
after the war ended. Only fifty Sea Mosquitoes were built, they were in
operational service less than a year and operated from land bases.