the lancaster kicks ass
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and the beau could take more punishment than the P-38 and Bf-110..........
Best Aircraft in Many Different Roles Part II
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But they would still fly circles around the Beau.
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cheddar cheese
Major General
The P-38 can take plenty of damage thankyou very much...
the lancaster kicks ass
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but not as much as the beau.........
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cheddar cheese
Major General
Probably not, but the P-38 is far faster and more manoeverable and therefore less likely to sustain damage,
the lancaster kicks ass
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but if the beau can get a few shots on it it's got a good chance of taking the P-38 out...........
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cheddar cheese
Major General
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
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yes but we are talking 4x20mm and 6x.303............
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cheddar cheese
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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
Senior Airman
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
Senior Airman
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?
Didnt the Japanese call the Beaufighter the whispering death?
mosquitoman
Master Sergeant
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
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
Captain
The Corsair was dubbed "whistling death" by Japanese ground troops.
mosquitoman
Master Sergeant
I knew it was something like that
Concorde247
Senior Airman
wonder what tune it whistled!!
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!
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cheddar cheese
Major General
Yep! EVEN transport, as stupid as it sounds! 
the lancaster kicks ass
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we've gon through this, the P-38 couldn't do all the roles of the mossie...........
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cheddar cheese
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Pretty sure it could.
the lancaster kicks ass said:
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.
