where were wings for the mosquito made in hertfordshire area during ww 2?

Answer 1

De Havilland Aircraft Company’s "Wooden Wonder" at Herts Leavesden and Hatfield, earlier wings of pre-stressed double plywood laminated plywood over balsa core wings, two spars top and bottom, cemented with Casein glue and tapped with brass wood screws.

The skins were of birch or Douglas fir plywood.

The ailerons were however constructed out of aluminum alloy wrapped in fabric.(1)

It is recorded that Butternut veneer "winged its way over Europe." from Northern Hardwood Veneers, Inc. of Butternut, Wisconsin.(2)

The remainder was constructed out of Alaskan spruce, English ash, Canadian birch and fir, and Ecuadorian balsa.(1)

The person above has some good references.

Should you plan on reconstructing the plane, the Air Ministry would be more than delighted to assist on sources declassified.

Answer 2

My father worked on Mosquitos during WWII and I have a book about De Haviland here. Just been reading through it and never realised there were so many different ones!

There is a description next to the illustrations and both Hatfield and Leavesden are mentioned but it doesn't specifically mention the wings, just says they went into production there.

Interesting sites:
http://www.mossie.org/stories/David_van_Vlymen.htm
http://www.aviation-history.com/dehavilland/mosquito.html
http://www.jaapteeuwen.com/ww2aircraft/html%20pages/DE%20HAVILLAND%20DH98%20MOSQUITO.htm

Answer 3

I think at DeHavillands in Hatfield, Herts. not sure though.