Thank you CC for proposing this site....here is a short history of each aircraft and then its up to you to give your arguments!
First of, the Ju-88.
The Ju-88 was one the most versitle aircraft of WW2. Its career began in 1936 and by 1939 it had been developed as a fast dive bomber and recon aircraft and was later used as a torpedo bomber, a nightfighter a heavy day fighter and an anti tank aircraft! The first fighter conversions of the Ju88 were similar to the bomber versions with only mods made to the nose and a gondola under the forward fuselage to accomadate radar and guns The aircraft was a formidable opponant throughout the war.
It had a crew of four, the A series were bombers, torpedo bombers and a recon aircraft. They were powered by a paer of 1007kW Junkers Jumo 211J-` engines. The setup gave the bomber a max speed of 292 mph a ceiling of 26,900ft and a range of 1,700 miles. I usually carried one 133mm, three 7.92 and a set of twin 7.92 mm machine guns and 6600 llbs of bomvs.
The nightfighter ususally had a crew of three. The engines weere a set of 1305kW Junkers Jumo 213A-1 with a max speed of 360 moh...(some difference to the convential bomber). It had a ceiling of 31500ft, and a range of 1360 miles. The weaponary is real impressive....Five or six 20mm cannons, and a heavy 13mm machine gun in the rear. The armaments were required to quickly down the large allied bombers at night. Later G varients alsso carried short range lictenstien radar to detect bombers after beinge vectored to them by operators on the ground.
Now for the Mossie
The De Havilland Aircraft Company was noted for its light saircraft, such as the tiger moth and some mixed transport planes. IN 1938, Dh proposed that they should build a bomber or recon plane that would be so fast that it could be unarmed.
The mossie NF MKII had a heavy armament of four cannons and four machine guns. It carried the AI MK IV radar. Fighting forrom malta as a day fighter, it was also used as a night intruder. Because of its high speed crews needed some time to grow accomsted to the new machine. A prototype training model was also made with dual controls (Very good Idea). It had two 1,620 hp RR merlin 25 V12 Piston engines, it had a maxspeed of 362 mph with a cieling of 33000ft. The rabge was 1650 miles with a full bomb load. The Mossie or Balsa Bomber warried four 20mm cannons in the nose, Four 7.7mm machine guns in the nose and 2000 llbs of bombs or 1000 llbs of bombs and eight rockets.
Please let me have your opinions....on topic please!
First of, the Ju-88.
The Ju-88 was one the most versitle aircraft of WW2. Its career began in 1936 and by 1939 it had been developed as a fast dive bomber and recon aircraft and was later used as a torpedo bomber, a nightfighter a heavy day fighter and an anti tank aircraft! The first fighter conversions of the Ju88 were similar to the bomber versions with only mods made to the nose and a gondola under the forward fuselage to accomadate radar and guns The aircraft was a formidable opponant throughout the war.
It had a crew of four, the A series were bombers, torpedo bombers and a recon aircraft. They were powered by a paer of 1007kW Junkers Jumo 211J-` engines. The setup gave the bomber a max speed of 292 mph a ceiling of 26,900ft and a range of 1,700 miles. I usually carried one 133mm, three 7.92 and a set of twin 7.92 mm machine guns and 6600 llbs of bomvs.
The nightfighter ususally had a crew of three. The engines weere a set of 1305kW Junkers Jumo 213A-1 with a max speed of 360 moh...(some difference to the convential bomber). It had a ceiling of 31500ft, and a range of 1360 miles. The weaponary is real impressive....Five or six 20mm cannons, and a heavy 13mm machine gun in the rear. The armaments were required to quickly down the large allied bombers at night. Later G varients alsso carried short range lictenstien radar to detect bombers after beinge vectored to them by operators on the ground.
Now for the Mossie
The De Havilland Aircraft Company was noted for its light saircraft, such as the tiger moth and some mixed transport planes. IN 1938, Dh proposed that they should build a bomber or recon plane that would be so fast that it could be unarmed.
The mossie NF MKII had a heavy armament of four cannons and four machine guns. It carried the AI MK IV radar. Fighting forrom malta as a day fighter, it was also used as a night intruder. Because of its high speed crews needed some time to grow accomsted to the new machine. A prototype training model was also made with dual controls (Very good Idea). It had two 1,620 hp RR merlin 25 V12 Piston engines, it had a maxspeed of 362 mph with a cieling of 33000ft. The rabge was 1650 miles with a full bomb load. The Mossie or Balsa Bomber warried four 20mm cannons in the nose, Four 7.7mm machine guns in the nose and 2000 llbs of bombs or 1000 llbs of bombs and eight rockets.
Please let me have your opinions....on topic please!
(only kiding mate)
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