Description: WOODEN TRAY DEPICTING THE DE HAVILLAND DH.98 MOSQUITO 'PIPPO' Attributed a Alvie Faulkner, USA, 20th Century Three drawers tray, possibly belonged to Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, the top inlaid in marqueterie depicting the Mosquito flying over the fields. 3.1 x 21.7 x 13 in. The Allies in July 1944,started the 'Night Intruder' operation, initially entrusted only to the RAF and from 1945 also to the USAAF, to disturb the operations of the Germans moving weapons and vehicles in northern Italy, at night, on secondary roads and railways. The British used?the 'Mosquito' twin-engine, designed by Sir Geoffrey de Havilland and produced by de Havilland Aircraft Company. They initially took off in training, then divided over different areas of northern Italy. Thus was born the myth of 'Pippo' or 'Il Notturno', that the memory of the witnesses was always the same plane, solitary, with the characteristic rhombus typical of the twin-engine. He served in the US Army during WWII and his unit participate?in the Battle of the Bulge. After service he was self-employed as cabinet maker.