All these photos of old planes reminds me I have a collection of my grandads photos he took from various airshows. He was big into them and when I was a nipper I used to come along to the occasional one or two (aka when I was up there staying with the grandparents). Grandparents are all deceased now, but I "found" my collection of his photos just the other day and looked through them. His favourite was the Mosquito, mostly because he worked on them during the war.
It's unfortunate that the wooden structure that made the Mosquito one of the most innovative and successful aircraft of WW2 is largely the reason so few remain today. Of the nearly 8000 built just 30 remain, the laminated balsa construction deteriorating with age and then being very difficult to restore. Your Grandfather worked on them CaptainK and my father, Flt Lt D.C.James DFC flew them.
The most famous Mossie of all was 'F for Freddie' , a B.Mk.IX that flew more operational sorties during the war than any other allied aircraft, and during it's time with 105 Pathfinder squadron, my father's log book shows he flew several of them. Having survived the war it's particularly ironic that it was written off during a war bond promotional tour of Canada -
this article lists its history. Incidentally, the John Sampson DFC, referred to in the article, was my father's navigator.
I have a framed print of the painting 'Top Dog' (an allusion perhaps not only to overall superiority but to the aircraft’s exceptional altitude performance too) by Robert Taylor showing Mosquito LR503 - F for Freddie's registration - on a high-altitude mission over occupied Europe in early 1945.
My father's last sortie in 'F for Freddie' was on February 9th 1945 and while it may be fanciful on my part, I like to think that perhaps he's the pilot....
Saw this close up a few years ago when it flew into st mawgan in cornwall. Such a pretty plane but way smaller in the flesh than i imagined from my schooldays. 
