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Jerry Fisher Wrote:

De Havilland Mosquito with two Merlins of the same type as the P-
51 <snip> it flew in 1940, and was a bomber that could carry
more bombs than a B-17 and further. <snip> So liquid cooled engines can work!

Jerry Fisher

While I to think the Mosquito was a fine aircraft it COULD NOT carry more

bombs than a B-17 [maybe if you counted individual sticks of incendiaries

vs the B-17's # of bombs?] the B-17 was listed as capable of lifting

17,600lbs of bombs while the Mosquito was only capable of lifting

4000lbs. It was, however, one of the best darn Pathfinding aircraft

of the war and as was noted, a really sweet aircraft to fly [or

so "they" say, I've only sat in one, never flown it] It was

one of Canada's notable marks in the aviation side of the war,

build in Ontario as well as the UK and Australia and

mainly out of plywood! It had a loss rate of about 1/3

of the B-17's was twice as fast as the Stirlings and

was a formidable night fighter.

Just to set the record straight :-)

Jarrett Johnson

235/320 55% <-- and air cooled :-)