 | Mosquito better than B-17?????| Aviation Discuss Mosquito better than B-17????? in the World War II - Aviation forums; As far as I know, it seems that, in terms of speed and of crash rate, Mosquito
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02-17-2005, 11:31 AM
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| Mosquito better than B-17?????
As far as I know, it seems that, in terms of speed and of crash rate, Mosquito
had much beeter record than all other bombers, including the famous B-17.
So, why Allies decided to choose B-17 over Mosquito?
and why B-17 is QUEEEN of Bombers? | 
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02-17-2005, 11:39 AM
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| Huh ?
The B-17 is a large Bomber, and the Mosquito is a Bomber-interceptor or nighfighter !
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02-17-2005, 11:39 AM
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Country:  | B-17 isnt Queen of Bombers, B-29 is  Well the Lancaster was better than both in the real world
Well the Mossie was British, and The B-17 was American, and it would make more sense for the USAAF to use their bomber rather than the British. Besides, Mosquito's were very good at other roles besides bombing and were being used for other duties (nightfighting, recon etc), and nearly twice the amount of B-17's were built compared to the Mossie and were more readily available. I agree using the Mossie would have made more sense but it wasnt the practical thing to do.
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02-17-2005, 11:41 AM
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Country: | Soren, the Mossie could carry almost the same load as the B-17 normally carried the same distance, and much faster
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02-17-2005, 11:42 AM
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| Well the B-17 could carry good load more bombs !! Thats why it was used more for bombing than the Mossie !
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02-17-2005, 11:43 AM
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| What !! We are talking about the same mosquito here right ?
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02-17-2005, 11:47 AM
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Country: | Yep, B-17 normally carried 8000lbs to Germany, right? The Mossie could do the same with 6,000lbs, but much faster
Yes, in terms of maximum the B-17 could carry 17,600lbs, but not very far. 
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02-17-2005, 11:50 AM
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| Yes thats right. I just thought you meant they had the same bomb load, wich they certainly havent  
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02-17-2005, 11:52 AM
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02-17-2005, 11:55 AM
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| Yeah you can say that again
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02-17-2005, 12:04 PM
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Country:  | actually it wasn't uncommon for B-17s to carry a meer 2,000lbs to berlin, but the most common load was 6,000lbs...........
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02-17-2005, 12:29 PM
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Country: | I don't think a B-17 could carry a cookie to Berlin TWICE in one night though, I can think of a plane that could cough*mossie*cough 
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Country: | and the mossie was just as accurate by night than the B-17 was by day.........
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Country: | and it wasn't made out of essential war materials, it was the wooden wonder
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Country: | fewer crew lost if, in the unlikely event, one was shot down..........
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