Post 1947...
Yr right,...the date would ease the jolt.!
What is the state of play with Mossies in Oz, projects, pieces or parts?? War Museum has one? Camden Museum had one without the wood? or very little of.
Any new build would be astro-dollars!. Fuselage shells available from NZ tho.
Last saw and heard 2 Mosquitoes in VERY close formation do a pass at about 200ft down the runway at Exeter. The wing tip of #2 was tucked in behind the wing of #1 and forward of the tailplane. The sound of 4 Merlins in full song made the neck hair prickle up. They were back from a target towing gunnery sortie for 2 seat Vampires. Oh for a video camera then . They split upwards left and right...a sight to behold.!
One of crashed at an airshow about 10 ? years ago...and that made it extinct as a flying machine in the UK. (?)
Meanwhile back on Sidney Island any surviving metal wreckage would be difficult to locate , no doubt. 65 yrs of cyclones and tides shifting sand bars would see to that. Looks like a dry and dificult little island to survive on, without survival skills. RIP RAF chaps.