mosquito fans

[Scherf]

Dunno what's up with the pics - are you guys just seeing red Xs? That's all I'm getting here, though the directory seems to working OK when I open my FTP proggie...

[Karnak]

Dunno what's up with the pics - are you guys just seeing red Xs? That's all I'm getting here, though the directory seems to working OK when I open my FTP proggie...

I saw them yesterday, but they aren't showing today.

[bozon]

Here is an interesting document I found on mossie.org. A combat report of two mosquitoes on day ranger mission: jumping a group of JU52's, wrecking havock on an airfield and out running two FW190 on the deck. An interesting day for them I imagine.
(the scan quality is pretty bad)

http://www.mossie.org/squadrons/combat_reports/AIR_50-146-1.gif
http://www.mossie.org/squadrons/combat_reports/AIR_50-146-2.gif

[RTHolmes]

great read bozon   (although hard cus its scanned in 1 bit )

interesting to note they dropped gear to dump speed attacking the slow 52s, the report doesnt make this sound out of the ordinary.

[Karnak]

interesting to note they dropped gear to dump speed attacking the slow 52s, the report doesnt make this sound out of the ordinary.

It wasn't really.  The airbrake that was going to be on the fighter Mossies was deleted when tests showed that the same effect could be achieved by merely lowering the landing gear.

[Scherf]

Not sure what's happening with the pics, might be bandwidth, though I can still manage the webspace.

Will have to phone support, I guess, o joy. "Velcome to Telstra, you're speaking vid Jim-Bob. Can I be confirming dat your computer is having been plugged in?"

[TwinEng]

i was actually watching a movie the other day "the mosquito squadron"  seem pretty good

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064699/

Mosquito Squadron was a real cheap B movie made in 1969.   It even used old footage from the earlier 1964 movie "633 Squadron", which starred Cliff Robertson.

633 Squadron was clearly a much better movie.   It had one of the most rousing musical scores of any war movie I have ever seen.  In fact, George Lucas has readily admitted that his inspiration for the climatic battle to destroy the Death Star at the end of "Star Wars" was totally inspired by the climatic battle at the end of 633 Squadrons.   The only difference is that they were going through Trench Canyons on the Death Star, instead of flying through narrow fjords in Norway. 

The climatic battle of 633 Squadron is on You Tube if you would like to see it.   Check it out at the link below, and you will clearly see that George Lucas totally ripped it off for Star Wars:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2xHydbw8mQ

[TwinEng]

Actually, this video below provides CONCLUSIVE proof that the Death Star battle in Star Wars was a ripoff of the climatic battle scene in "633 Squadron".

You really cannot argue against this.   Although you can laugh!!   


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OZq-tlJTrU&NR=1



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[B4Buster]

'633 Squadron' is a good book series too.

[FTJR]

Notice no exhaust shrouds.

[RTHolmes]

I havent seen it for years but I remember preferring Mosquito Squadron (the V weapon threat just seems a bit more interesting than a heavy water plant or whatever 633 is about):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFkBCtQ9qEQ

plus it has the always excellent Charles Gray

[TwinEng]

I havent seen it for years but I remember preferring Mosquito Squadron (the V weapon threat just seems a bit more interesting than a heavy water plant or whatever 633 is about):

Neither movies were based on true stories.   Both never happened.

What would make an interesting flick, in my opinion, would be the true story of Bombing 617 squadron, which was also known as the "Dam busters" due to their famous attacks on dams in the Ruhr valley.   They equipped these Lancasters with special 12,000 lb Blockbuster bombs to attack the V1 launching ramps.

If you did not already know, Peter Jackson ( who made the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and the awesome re-make of King Kong ), is currently hard at work remaking the old "Dam Busters" movie.   

So we are FINALLY going to get a WII air war movie with absolutely state of the art digital special effects.   That alone should be pretty cool.   

Jackson had a brand new exact replica Lancaster build in China from scratch, to make this movie. 

Here is a New Zealand TV news report, about this ultra secret Lancaster:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7pGmqkzGhA


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[FTJR]

Twin Engine, nice find.. They're making 10 of them. Wow..

[Plazus]

Ive always wondered... can a Mossie out turn a P38?

[Karnak]

Ive always wondered... can a Mossie out turn a P38?

With the 38's flaps out?  Doubt it.   I have out turned La-7s when I was on fumes, but it is a close thing.  Turning really isn't the Mossie's strong point.