So, I've been mis-spending my middle age compiling Mosquito databases and other similar time-wasters.
For a variety of reasons, these now do little good just sitting on my hard-drive, so I'm spamming the internet to give them away to anyone who may be interested.
I've used DropBox – I'm told one does not have to have DropBox installed to access files which have been marked as shared – please let me know if these downloads don't work and I'll fiddle with the access rights.
A couple of kindly fellows who have helped me test this out say a sign in/sign-up window appears, but there is a "No thanks just download" button. One describes it as closing the sign on/up window by clicking the X in top right corner, you can click the download button and it will simply download the relevant file.
In order of what the files are, and their relative levels of interest:
"Mosquito Claims for Enemy Aircraft" – collection of Mossie claims air-to-air and air-to-ground in various theatres, as much info as I have been able to assemble per claim, with associated analyses. Please pay close heed to the Source and Source Notes information in columns C and D, and to the details in column AB, though these are narrow for reasons of layout – best read in the formula bar.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v2gr3x0rn59your/Mosquito Claims for Enemy Aircraft.xlsx?dl=0
"Mosquito Fates" based on the Air Britain files and a transcription thereof available elsewhere on the web, an attempt to pursue as much info on the fates of individual aircraft, with associated analyses.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2rd2wfbr37sdhz0/Mosquito Fates.xlsx?dl=0
Mosquito Serial-Marking Combos – collection of Mosquito serial numbers and associated squadron markings. Has at least one combination for just shy of 50% of aircraft produced to end December '44.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4lemp4fpkwqvdyu/Mosquito Serial-Marking Combos.xlsx?dl=0
Mosquito Production – zip file containing info, mostly from the graphs and tables in Sharp Bowyers "Mosquito" regarding likely delivery month of individual airframes, monthly production by Marque, Series, factory, and a small file on comparative delivery numbers.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jcssi2uvry8xrg3/Mosquito Production.zip?dl=0
Mosquito Bombing – List of all Mosquito bombing raids, excluding fighter-bombers of 2nd TAF, a depiction of the trend in day bomber losses (they were on their way down consistently to June '43), plus some extremely worthwhile files from American Aviation Historian Richard G Davis on "Bombing the European Axis Powers", plus a tidbit from the USSBS re: late '44 USAAF accuracy.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cyyty8lyfum0tuw/Mosquito Bombing.zip?dl=0
Mosquito Strength – Three brief files, compiled from published sources, about the relative level of frontline and overall Mosquito force strength in the U.K. and around the globe from June '44 to August '45.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fh96ipy9ae1y00i/Mosquito Strength.zip?dl=0
Mosquito Sorties – Full listing of the Mosquito sorties of No. 23 Squadron, RAF, and a very much work-in-progress attempt to count Mossie sorties into contested airspace (i.e. excludes defensive night-fighter sorties) with a focus on 1943. Least well-developed of all the files, but shows about 3,000 sorties into contested airspace by day, 4,000 by night, in 1943.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4qeiuwpaaw69xai/Mosquito Sorties.zip?dl=0
Life Expectancy – Couple of views, using info from the databases above, about Mosquito life expectancy.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0k36cllxnkeeunh/Life Expectancy.zip?dl=0
For a variety of reasons, these now do little good just sitting on my hard-drive, so I'm spamming the internet to give them away to anyone who may be interested.
I've used DropBox – I'm told one does not have to have DropBox installed to access files which have been marked as shared – please let me know if these downloads don't work and I'll fiddle with the access rights.
A couple of kindly fellows who have helped me test this out say a sign in/sign-up window appears, but there is a "No thanks just download" button. One describes it as closing the sign on/up window by clicking the X in top right corner, you can click the download button and it will simply download the relevant file.
In order of what the files are, and their relative levels of interest:
"Mosquito Claims for Enemy Aircraft" – collection of Mossie claims air-to-air and air-to-ground in various theatres, as much info as I have been able to assemble per claim, with associated analyses. Please pay close heed to the Source and Source Notes information in columns C and D, and to the details in column AB, though these are narrow for reasons of layout – best read in the formula bar.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v2gr3x0rn59your/Mosquito Claims for Enemy Aircraft.xlsx?dl=0
"Mosquito Fates" based on the Air Britain files and a transcription thereof available elsewhere on the web, an attempt to pursue as much info on the fates of individual aircraft, with associated analyses.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2rd2wfbr37sdhz0/Mosquito Fates.xlsx?dl=0
Mosquito Serial-Marking Combos – collection of Mosquito serial numbers and associated squadron markings. Has at least one combination for just shy of 50% of aircraft produced to end December '44.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4lemp4fpkwqvdyu/Mosquito Serial-Marking Combos.xlsx?dl=0
Mosquito Production – zip file containing info, mostly from the graphs and tables in Sharp Bowyers "Mosquito" regarding likely delivery month of individual airframes, monthly production by Marque, Series, factory, and a small file on comparative delivery numbers.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jcssi2uvry8xrg3/Mosquito Production.zip?dl=0
Mosquito Bombing – List of all Mosquito bombing raids, excluding fighter-bombers of 2nd TAF, a depiction of the trend in day bomber losses (they were on their way down consistently to June '43), plus some extremely worthwhile files from American Aviation Historian Richard G Davis on "Bombing the European Axis Powers", plus a tidbit from the USSBS re: late '44 USAAF accuracy.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cyyty8lyfum0tuw/Mosquito Bombing.zip?dl=0
Mosquito Strength – Three brief files, compiled from published sources, about the relative level of frontline and overall Mosquito force strength in the U.K. and around the globe from June '44 to August '45.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fh96ipy9ae1y00i/Mosquito Strength.zip?dl=0
Mosquito Sorties – Full listing of the Mosquito sorties of No. 23 Squadron, RAF, and a very much work-in-progress attempt to count Mossie sorties into contested airspace (i.e. excludes defensive night-fighter sorties) with a focus on 1943. Least well-developed of all the files, but shows about 3,000 sorties into contested airspace by day, 4,000 by night, in 1943.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4qeiuwpaaw69xai/Mosquito Sorties.zip?dl=0
Life Expectancy – Couple of views, using info from the databases above, about Mosquito life expectancy.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0k36cllxnkeeunh/Life Expectancy.zip?dl=0
Nice to see someone sharing WWII information freely. Kudos.
