"Sunny" wrote in message
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"Corey C. Jordan" wrote in message
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They seem to forget that it would take huge formations of Mosquitos to
put
enough bombs on a target to match that delivered by the heavies.
individual
Mossies could evade detection, evan small groups could be hard to
locate.
But, hundreds of them would be easy to detect early in their flight.
That
meant
the Luftwaffe would be waiting high above them in strength. Without any
defensive or offensive guns whatsoever, the Mosquitos would be scattered
and
very much chewed to pieces.

Just as an aside, the Mossie could actually carry a bigger bomb load than
the B17. :-)


No it couldnt

a late model Mosquito with a bulged bay could carry a 4000 lb bomb load,
most Mosquito's carried 2000 lb bomb loads

The max load a B-17G could carry was 9,600 lbs with a more
normal load being 6000 lbs

Keith