RAWTAG #30: D.H SEA HORNET.

Description

The de Havilland Hornet is a high powered twin engine fighter designed and developed using techniques refined from the Mosquito design. Using advanced composite construction methods, the Hornet made best use of wood and metal strength characteristics. The Hornet entered service with RAF Fighter Command where it equipped several day fighter units and was commonly stationed in the British mainland. It saw combat in the Far East, being used as a strike fighter as part of the British military action taken during the Malayan emergency. A naval carrier-capable version, the Sea Hornet, had been envisaged early on and was procured by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy.
According to Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown: ‘In my book the Sea Hornet ranks second to none for harmony of control, performance characteristics and, perhaps most important, in inspiring confidence in its pilot. For sheer exhilarating flying enjoyment, no aircraft has ever made a deeper impression on me than did this outstanding filly from the de Havilland stable.’

RAWTAG are so pleased to be able to offer this insanely rare material which was recovered from long-forgotten section of starboard wing root abandoned and partially hidden in the undergrowth of a former airfield dump site near Inverness, Scotland.
The scarcity of these pieces cannot be overstated as there are no complete examples anywhere in the World.