Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/De Havilland Mosquito

De Havilland Mosquito

Voting period ends on 11 Sep 2024 at 12:37:47 (UTC)

Original – The de Havilland Mosquito, also known as the "Wooden Wonder", was a wood-framed multi-role aircraft introduced by the British during World War II. It was one of the fastest operational aircraft at the time.

Reason

Excellent image of a remarkable aircraft; fantastic quality for 1942/1943

Articles in which this image appears

de Havilland Mosquito

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air

Creator

Fotoafdrukken Koninklijke Luchtmacht; restored by  — Chris Woodrich (talk)

• Support as nominator –  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:37, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 13:26, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
• Support A few bright specks upper left, but nothing above filmgrain size. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 21:54, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

• I'll have a looksie in a bit. Doing a bit of writing - finally got some inspiration  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:30, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

• Alright, I think I got them.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:41, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

  Looks good. It's an in-air photo from the 40s, so that forgives a lot of filmgrain. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 00:14, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

• Support. Deserving lead image for its article, and being in action in wartime makes up for any minor film imperfections. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:39, 2 September 2024 (UTC)