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About the 1/48th scale De Havilland Mosquito NF Mk.XIII/XVII
It was 1944. The Allied Air Force continued to rain bombs down on Germany with devastating power. In retaliation, the Luftwaffe hatched the Steinbock attack, a series of full-scale night bombing raids over London and the English mainland, which would involve over 400 bombers such as the Junkers 88, Dornier 217, and Heinkel 177.
The interception of these massive aircraft, although difficult due to their high sped and low visibility, was largely
entrusted to the Mosquito Night Fighter NF Mk.XIII and NF Mk.XVII variants. It was in 1941 that the RAF began development
of a night fighter version of the all-wood Mosquito. The first was the NF Mk.II, which was equipped with an Mk.IV Airborne
Intercept Radar on the nose. However, its limited range at low altitudes proved problematic versus the low altitude, high
speed attackers. For this reason, the Mosquito NF Mk.II came to be equipped with a new centrimetric radar known as the A.I.
Mk.VIII. The official designation of this aircraft was NF Mk.XII.
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