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Mosquito fighter-bomber tactics question
Hi,
I've gone through countless web pages and come up with nothing on this subject, so I hope someone on r.a.m could clarify things a bit. This regards the bombing tactics used by Mosquito FB.xx variants in World War II. Since the FBs could only use the rear bomb bay (due to the 20mm cannon) and the bomb aimer's position was taken up by the .303 calibre MGs, how did these fighter-bombers actually aim their internal bombs? The wing-mounted bombs were probably simple to aim using whatever gunsight was used for the cannons and MGs, but what about the bombs in the bay? Since there was no bomb aimer, did they simply glide- bomb their targets using Kentucky windage and the gunsight, or was there a way of "guesstimating" the release point from level flight, like a normal laydown attack? Thanks in advance. Cheers, -Stegu -- Happiness is... a belt-fed weapon. |
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