How good dogfighter was the Mosquito?

[33k in the air]

Yep. That's why they had to water the lawn.

Clearly, though, they watered the lawn way too much!

 

[pbehn]

Clearly, though, they watered the lawn way too much!

Many WW2 airfields were flooded to provide under wing shots for the post war modelling and discussion forum scene (peer reviewed internet fact)

 

[WARSPITER]

I hope it was vegan/organic water otherwise we will have to cancel it.

 

[Greg Boeser]

Free range, rain forest friendly, fair-trade water.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Water provides mosquito hatcheries, y'all. I'm not sure what that means for this thread.

 

[33k in the air]

Typhoons and tempests often result in lots of rainfall.

 

[SaparotRob]

Thunderbolts and Lightning, very very frightening.

 

[Greg Boeser]

 

[Deleted member 68059]

Not really sure as I`m not a pilot, but I do know that I was stunned to find out the Mosquito shot down V1s.


Looking at my list of "claims", I`d say about 40% were Ju88`s or 188`s, 30% Me110`s/210s/410s, and the rest a mix of all sorts (lots of He111`s and Do217`s), there are a FEW
109`s and 190s in the air, but I`d guess from a scroll down the EXCEL sheet you`re talking 1%, and probably only when surprised or when carrying bombs and droptanks.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Not really sure as I`m not a pilot, but I do know that I was stunned to find out the Mosquito shot down V1s.


Looking at my list of "claims", I`d say about 40% were Ju88`s or 188`s, 30% Me110`s/210s/410s, and the rest a mix of all sorts (lots of He111`s and Do217`s), there are a FEW
109`s and 190s in the air, but I`d guess from a scroll down the EXCEL sheet you`re talking 1%, and probably only when surprised or when carrying bombs and droptanks.

I think a lot of the Mosquito claims against all those other twins occurred during night ops against Luftwaffe night fighters. I agree that some of these claims were against aircraft that "never saw it coming" or couldn't accelerate away.

 

[GrauGeist]

Thunderbolts and Lightning, very very frightening.

 

[Admiral Beez]

As far as Italian twins, I'd say the SM.91, which showed great promise, but never went past two built because of Italy's capitulation.

I'd like to see the Ro.57 with two Fiat Tifone V-12 inlines. That might give the Mosquito something to worry about. I suppose that's the twin seat Ro. 58.

 

[WARSPITER]

Water provides mosquito hatcheries, y'all. I'm not sure what that means for this thread.

You have stumbled onto the biggest secret of the war. They didn't build Mosquitoes - they bred them on airfields.
Some didn't reach full maturity so they renamed them Hornets to confuse the enemy.

 

[GrauGeist]

I'd like to see the Ro.57 with two Fiat Tifone V-12 inlines. That might give the Mosquito something to worry about. I suppose that's the twin seat Ro. 58.

The SM.92 was comparable in size, but faster.

I'm just a fan of the SM.91, so I'm a bit biased.

 

[special ed]

Wasn't the float equipped Mosquito the one that laid all the mosquito eggs?

 

[pbehn]

Not really sure as I`m not a pilot, but I do know that I was stunned to find out the Mosquito shot down V1s.


Looking at my list of "claims", I`d say about 40% were Ju88`s or 188`s, 30% Me110`s/210s/410s, and the rest a mix of all sorts (lots of He111`s and Do217`s), there are a FEW
109`s and 190s in the air, but I`d guess from a scroll down the EXCEL sheet you`re talking 1%, and probably only when surprised or when carrying bombs and droptanks.

I was too, the advantages the Mosquito had were that at night you could see a V1 before it took off with that plume of flames and its 4 fuselage cannon were ideal for bringing them down.

 

[Snautzer01]

I was too, the advantages the Mosquito had were that at night you could see a V1 before it took off with that plume of flames and its 4 fuselage cannon were ideal for bringing them down.

Gets even better. They had a pretty good idea where they were fired from. And didnt pick up speed fast.

 

[WARSPITER]

From the flight reports I have many were brought down in daylight by diving to intercept.

One navigator found his pilots method to be fairly hair raising - dive down and cut across the front of the V1 so
the turbulence would send it out of control.

 

[pbehn]

From the flight reports I have many were brought down in daylight by diving to intercept.

One navigator found his pilots method to be fairly hair raising - dive down and cut across the front of the V1 so
the turbulence would send it out of control.

Had the said navigator been sat in a Mosquito when a V1 blew up? I dont know which would raise hair the most or the highest?

 

[WARSPITER]

If the V1 had blown up next to the Mossie said navigator probably wouldn't have known much about it as he was probably
looking for his change of underwear.