The Mosquito - RAF's Top 10 Warplanes | Forces TV 

Firstly thank you to your dad, for his tremendous efforts back then, for our freedom today! My mum was in the W.R.A.F and died in September 2019! I cannot the say enough about all the magnificent effort of all folks back then who were called to step up the plate and actually went beyond! Once again I say thank you to your dad, I would have loved to have had the chance to have talked to him, as I used to with my mum and she gave me a wonderful account of her entry into the W.R.A.F! Sigh!

When they fired the cannon it slowed the plane down rockets were a better idea.

@@frankcorner8716 It didn't slow down the plane by much. More of a slight jolt. It's not some magical recoil that makes it fall out the sky.

@@krakenburger56 Kraken the point is rockets were a better idea.

The B17 was the biggest myth of the whole war but it carried 1500 lbs of bombs more than the mosquito but the B17 cost six times as much as a Mosquito. Some one must have had a lot of shares in Boeing because Boeing made more than twice as many B17s as De Havilland made mosquitoes? So six mosquitoes could carry 24,000 lbs of bombs to one B17 at 5200lbs no comparison

That is why the Australian Lancaster pilot stated it could have all been done with the mosquito at a fraction of the cost in planes and men.. No question the mosquito was the best prop plane in the war.

Clayp.E30 _V8 we are getting one, the aircraft restoration company "ARC" at duxford in Cambridgeshire have just finalised a deal with a restoration company in New Zealand for a Mk4 mosquito that is 50% completed its restoration already, it will be here in the UK, flying, in approximately 2 years... ;)

Andrew Ward yes I heard about that project on r.i.a.t2018 fm at the airshow last month. I'm super excited about seeing one in the battle of Britain memorial flight. Another 2 Merlin in the air what's not to love 😁😍

Clayp.E30 _V8 yeah me to, can't wait to see it, a Mk4 mosquito also, complete with machine guns sticking out of its nose... ;)

Andrew Ward what dreams are made of 👌👌

There was one flown by BAE in North Wales, but it sadly crashed. I was under the impression that the Historic Hanger at Biggin Hill was going to fly one?

Hyphenate it and you'll get your one word. 👍

Should be No 1 .

the bomb for damns were to heavy for the mosquito it hand a smaller bouncing bomb witch there were going use on the Japanese fleet in 45 flying of aircraft carries but the Nuclear bombs put that to idea bed

NAVIGATION, RADIO CONTROL, ENGINEER'S ABILITY, OBSERVATIONIST ETC ETC .

Nope, the Horton (226?) jet powered bat winged bomber, a reproduction aircraft was made in the USA using available plans and then tested at a radar test site that is used to quantify US military aircraft for radar signatures, if Hitler had built these things then, trump would be buddy-buddy with the German leadership instead of the Russian leadership, if there was one.

It was made of wood, as were many (mainly non-military) aircraft at the time. I have never heard of it having a 'stealthy' radar signature, and the germans could certainly spot it on their equipment. It was just too fast to catch easily ...

The first rebuilt one from Avspecs flew in 2012 and is now in the US. I believe one more has been completed since then, with another undergoing construction.

Why do you think that?

Youst to be ... a great builder of air craft .... now buy in from other countys ...