Best Aircraft in Many Different Roles Part II

[the lancaster kicks ass]

and the beau could take more punishment than the P-38 and Bf-110..........

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

But they would still fly circles around the Beau.

 

[cheddar cheese]

The P-38 can take plenty of damage thankyou very much...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but not as much as the beau.........

 

[cheddar cheese]

Probably not, but the P-38 is far faster and more manoeverable and therefore less likely to sustain damage,

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but if the beau can get a few shots on it it's got a good chance of taking the P-38 out...........

 

[cheddar cheese]

Thats the thing though - It couldnt get a good shot at the P-38. P-38's are quite tough you know, it would take more than "a few shots" to take it out, unless you wasted the pilot...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yes but we are talking 4x20mm and 6x.303............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Im fairly sure the .303 would do pretty much bugger all. the 4x.50 and 1x20mm would easily cope with a Beau, and added to the the 100mph speed advantage, superior climb and dive rate, superior roll rate and superior manoverability and its almost certain that the P-38 would have it.

 

[Concorde247]

I seem to remember 618 sdn being formed with mossies to use a smaller version of the bouncing bomb against German battleships... Lanc said "anti tirpitzing" as a role for the mossie, i think this is what he meant .

 

[Concorde247]

It has to be the Mossie as the best allrounder. - an aircraft that used non-strategic materials could eventually carry an equivalent bombload to a B17!
Didnt the Japanese call the Beaufighter the whispering death?

 

[mosquitoman]

Another mosquito admirer, finally!
A Mossie could carry a B-17s long range load on a short range mission but this would include a cookie and the Beau did get called Whispering Death because it's sleeve-valve engines were so quiet. The Corsair got called screaming death I think

 

[Nonskimmer]

The Corsair was dubbed "whistling death" by Japanese ground troops.

 

[mosquitoman]

I knew it was something like that

 

[Concorde247]

wonder what tune it whistled!!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The mossie is a great all around aircraft that can be used in many different ways, but if you want to go for the complete aircraft, the Ju-88. Yeah it may not have been the best in performance but you know what it could be used literally for anything and everything. And just to bring this up the P-38 could be used in every way the Mossie could and it could outfly the mossie!

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yep! EVEN transport, as stupid as it sounds!

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

we've gon through this, the P-38 couldn't do all the roles of the mossie...........

 

[cheddar cheese]

Pretty sure it could.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

we've gon through this, the P-38 couldn't do all the roles of the mossie...........

Yeah it could, the only thing you could come up with that the mossie could do that the Lightning couldn't was use a turret. Okay and what does that really do, having a turret is not a role! You have to prove to me that the mossie could do more than the P-38, you haven't done it yet.