Curiously the Mosqiuto trialled the bouncing bombs used by Lancasters, .
Cheers, NIGE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Winnington-Ball" <gwball@sympatico.ca>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Mosquito vs. B-17G
> Carol Kenyon wrote:
>
> > Douglas Greville wrote that a twin-engine Mosquito could carry a bigger
> > payload than a
> > four-engine B-17?
> > It just so happens that my dad (who lives next
> > door) flew both. I'll ask him.
> > Don Kenyon
>
> Don, if I recall, I believe the standard payload for the B-17 on a medium
> range mission was 6,000lbs, where the Mossie could carry 4,000... but a
lot
> faster, with greater survivability and only a crew of two to lose if
things
> went REALLY wrong.
>
> You have to wonder if the money and resources which were poured into the
> Heavies had gone into a project like the Mossie. Thousands of them, at
high
> speed and bombing with pinpoint accuracy...
>
> Geoff
>
>
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