De Havilland Mosquito aircraft in various stages of production at Hatfield, 1943. © IWM (TR 1426)
Hatfield was home to a large and important de Havilland factory with aircraft such as the de Havilland Comet, Mosquito and Vampire being built at the airfield. Aircraft production finally stopped here in 1992. Click here to read more about the history of Hatfield and see more photographs and video.