There has been much discussion of the relative merits of the De Havilland Mosquito and it's various Luftwaffe counterparts (Fw 187, Ta 154, Me 210/410, He 219 and the rest)
I believe there is one simple hypothetical question that we should be asking.
If, in 1940, after the flight of the Mosquito prototype, the Germans had been offered the type would they have been wise to take it and abandon all the rest?
To me at least the answer is obviously yes.
Can anyone advance an argument that they'd be better off without it and should continue to develop numerous different aircraft to carry out the roles that the Mosquito demonstrated itself, in operational service, to be capable of doing.
Cheers
Steve
I believe there is one simple hypothetical question that we should be asking.
If, in 1940, after the flight of the Mosquito prototype, the Germans had been offered the type would they have been wise to take it and abandon all the rest?
To me at least the answer is obviously yes.
Can anyone advance an argument that they'd be better off without it and should continue to develop numerous different aircraft to carry out the roles that the Mosquito demonstrated itself, in operational service, to be capable of doing.
Cheers
Steve