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| Senior Member | Compromise, the Mosquito was a bomber trying to be a fighter and the P-38 was a fighter trying to be a bomber
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| Well, Lanc has done a lot of duplicating on his list. For example he lists day fighter and high altitude fighter. Certainly the P-38 was both of these as well. I fail to see the true distinction between a day/night fighter-bomber and a day/night intruder. Nor is there any true distinction between a PR plane and a high altitude PR plane. Most of the items on his Mossies list the P-38 did do. But he is right that the P-38 couldn't carry the cookie. But the a Mossie couldn't carry two torps.
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| Senior Member | lanc, the term bomber is far broader than fighter. The Mossie was a light bomber, so it isnt really all that amazing that it acted well as a night fighter. Remember, the Ju-88 started off in a similar manner. You cant say that it was the allies best NF, most proven is a more suitable term. P-38M's scored well during the small time they saw service and would probably have been damn good competition for the mossie. Quote:
mosquitoman, your statement is incorrect, as the P-38 wasnt a fighter a trying to be a bomber, it was a fighter that was also used as a bomber. The mossie was a bomber used that was also used as a night fighter. | |
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| LG put up a list of different nations best bombers....which I think was really good, as we've hashed this all out before.... I felt the best Japanese was a Ki. ''Dinah''... I always vote Mosquito, but if we're going to get into what the P-38M Fighter did in the last stages of the War, then we should include the DH Hornet, which was the ' Fighter' version of the Mosquito, as it was essentially similar to the Mosquito, just smaller being a single-seater and with just 4x 20mm's...They were flying and gearing-up for Squadron strength when the ETO War finished.....A comparative study between that and a P-38M would be a read........ |
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| You are refering to the Ki-46 Dinah. I don't think it was as versatile as the P1Y. The Dinah was a fine recon aircraft. But the only other role they really tried it as was as an interceptor and it did not was not very effective as its climb rate was unimpressive.
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| Senior Member | ok but almost any fighter could carry bombs, that's nothing specail, how many bomber could dogfight?? the P-38 could carry two torps, with no guns, the mossie could carry a torp, 1,000lbs of bombs internally and guns, i'd give that to the mossie.........
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| Wrong Lanc. The test conducted with the P-38 was with two torpedoes and a full ammo load. And the Mossie was hardly a dogfighter.
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Ok, almost any fighter can carry bombs, buit name me another fighter that can carry 5,200lbs of bombs? | |
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| Senior Member | it's not the fighter part that's significant, the P-38 was a twin engined aircraft, 5,200lbs is not specail for a twin engined plane.............
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| Senior Member | Its more than many American twin-engined bombers could carry... |
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| Senior Member | no, the P-38's max of 5,200lbs is more than the normall load carried by the mediums, the mediums were capable of much more than the 4,000lbs some of them normally carried...........
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| "Shooter" ![]() | Where did you get the number for the bomb load on the P-61? What I have seen shows the max bomb load of 6,400 lbs.
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| I'm with evan, the highest I've seen for a P-61 is 6,400lbs made up of 4 1,600lb bombs.
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