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wuzak, The excellent link that Milosh provided yesterday has a few more pic's that may be of interest. Ref frames 84 - 89 from the link below. Mosquito Aircraft Production at Downsview Cheers

Milosh, Great link..........for you Mossie fans....have a listen to this...

Can't take credit for the the last two. Got them off the Canadian National Collection in Rockcliff Ont. Image Bank – Canada Aviation Museum Cheers

My Guess too...... Cheers

Sorry squire, I have my suspicions, however, without an armaments book for the Mossie it would be difficult to say for absolute sure. As always a picture says 1000 words. The first picture below is a view aft looking forward (the fuel gallery on the right hand side wall panel) taken at the...

Hi wuzak, Your guess at an early model bomber would be correct. Another giveaway would be the center rib. The 4000 pound cookie carriers had a reinforced double span centre rib to carry the extra load (ref below). The metal cross bars as shown in your picture, attach to pillow blocks...

Here...here......;-) Had the opportunity to briefly speak with Eric a few years back; asked and what he thought of the Mosquito and it's later stablemate the Hornet. He thought very highly of both commenting on their " well harmonized controls". I then asked him about the He219....... His...

Oddly enough it doesn't even mention bombs. It does, however, have a list of cockpit loose equipment for dessert operations. I have attached a fwd and aft split view of the bomb bay doors. As you can see they have referenced in two 500 pound bombs and their relative proximity within the...

Hi mhuxt, Thanks for the fuel consumption graphs. I have to admitt that I have been hanging around airplanes too long........first thought that came to mind was "Nise curves".............anyway......I found the following information for the PR34 from Sharp and Bowyer's "Mosquito": "Interest...

Hi wuzak, Apologies, but that is all I have for the Bomb installation. My manual has a section on "Armament and Equipment Installations", sadly there are no illistrations. Cheers

Hi Wuzak, Please ref below. Not sure if this is what you are after. Cheers

Hi drgondog, Thank you for your explanation and data. I will have to dig around in my own notes to see if I can find similar Mossie data for comparison. As Edgar Brooks has identified, the Mossie’s tanks were droppable. I have included a page from AP2019 N for a Canadian BXX Mosquito...

Hi drgondog, Regarding your comments: 1. "Two engines-same settings = ~ 2x thrust. For the Mossie at higher speed, the thrust won't be quite 2x the Mustang." OK... in broad terms I can agree with that. 2. "The drag on the Mossie is significantly higher than the Mustang. A good illustrative...

Dear All, Thank you for your input. You will have to forgive me for my exact recall of this anecdote. I would suggest that the P-51 pilot was USAAF as he was complaining about staying with the Bombers, B-17's or B-24's I would suspect. The Me 262 threat towards the end of the war necessitated...

Hello wuzak , The Mossie could carry 50, 100 or 200 gal slipper tanks. The 50 and 100 gal tanks were common enough as shown. Cheers