Mossie FB.VI with teeth... Any from WW2?

[Krusty]

I ran across this FB.VI in Indochina from the French GC III/11 squadron flying in 1947...

I was wondering if there were any similar schemes (big teeth!) from WW2... Anybody know of any? Because just on the looks of it that would be rather cool to see in-game (if any date back to WW2)!

[FTJR]

None that i've seen Krusty

[lyric1]

None that i've seen Krusty

Same here & I have about 14 books on mossies.

[Krusty]

Drat! Oh well, I had to ask, even if I could guess the answer. Thanks, gents!

[Scherf]

There was one on 605 Sqn, will see if I can post a scan.

There was also a "bull-nose" nightfighter with shark teeth, however we don't have that model.

[Scherf]

Bottom right of scan.

Nav is as listed (looks about 13 years old...) though his initials were apparently P.J., not P.D., and the pilot is F/O Ray Smart.

The sortie referred to in the caption was on the night of 15/16 April 1943, when they claimed two Ju 87s shot down at Avord airfield, as well as damaging three locos and destroying one.

Frederic Henoff's excellent site says at least one of the Stukas claimed was actually an Fw 58 training aircraft, in which an instructor and his student were both killed.

http://www.fred.henoff.free.fr/liste_Tues_German.html

I have the combat report for this action as well as for their other encounters if anyone wants to PM me.

Their aircraft's squadron code was UP-R, and was almost certainly one of the DZ-series Mossies to which 605 transitioned after being on Bostons. There's about a dozen possibilities for the serial number, though there *may* be some clues in the ORB, which I don't have.



Camo scheme looks to be grey/green above with matt black underneath, same as Greebo's lovely rendition of 418 Squadron's "Moonbeam McSwine."

Edit - The photo credit is Imperial War Museum, though it apparently doesn't appear in their online collection, scanned from "Mosquito Squadrons of the RAF."

[Krusty]

Says night missions. Was this a radome-mounted nose? Or was it a standard FB nose with .303s in it? Picture kind of cuts off before showing it.

[Scherf]

Standard nose with the .303s and no radar. 605 never flew with radar - both they and 418 squadron started with the mossie as Intruders, then went on to 2nd TAF, never had dar.

[Krusty]

While not as big and visible as I had hoped, it's a good find!

I'll put it on my growing list.

[lyric1]

Nice find Rare photo.
Not a lot to be found on that photo what book did that come from may I ask?

[Scherf]

It's from "Mosquito Squadrons of the RAF." Old book, Chaz Bowyer I think.