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Old 6th Jul 2015, 18:55
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Given that an all-Mosquito bomber fleet would have required more aircraft to deliver the same tonnage, that would mean training more pilots. Could we have produced enough of the right standard?

Prospective aircrew were streamed PNB (Pilot, Navigator or Bomb Aimer) or Wireless Operator/Air Gunner - some of the Bomb Aimers would have been capable of qualifying as pilots (it was their secondary duty in the event of the pilot being incapacitated) but was the available pool of talent sufficient to provide enough pilots?
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