Mosquito details
The cannon breeches only occupied the front half of the bomb bay, which meant that as well the guns, the FB.VI could still carry two 500lb bombs internally.
Impressive when you consider that the Mossie bomber's original design bomb load was 1000lbs.
Impressive when you consider that the Mossie bomber's original design bomb load was 1000lbs.
Last edited by DHfan; 14th Aug 2023 at 08:56.
The second generation NF Mosquito's had AI XII/XIII Centimetric Radar and the machine guns were deleted and the nose now housed the radar dish scanner. Only the four cannons installed.
The third version had AI X which was the american produced AI Radar and this used a larger scanner and the nose shape changed to a more bulbous style, again just the four cannons.
Even more impressive when they were modified to carry a 4,000lb 'cookie'.
Mosquito NF Mk.XIII at ALG5, Normandy 8 Aug 1944. The crew had shot down a Ju.88 the night before, the aircraft exploding some 150yds in front of them, hence the wee bit of fire damage (plus holes in both wings). My uncle on the left - sadly killed some 3 days later.