Originally posted by Karnak
MiloMorai,
It would seem you also don't know that much about the Mosquito.
The Series II version of the FB.Mk VI was powered by two Merlin 25 engines and could carry four 500lb bombs.
The Series I version of the FB.Mk VI was powered by two Merlin 21s or 23s and could carry two 500lb bombs under the wings and two 250lb bombs in the bomb bay.
Likewise the Series I and II of the B.Mk IV are used to differentiate engines and payloads.
The only Mosquito with shorter nacelles was the first prototype. There was tail buffeting from 240mph to 255mph that was caused by a stall occuring behind the engine nacelles. This was solved by lengthening the nacelles. No Mosquito with short nacelles ever entered RAF service.
Rather snotty are you not Karnak!:eek:
Well it seems that you are not that well informed Karnak, it was a
P I that made photos of the Prinz Eugen from 24,000ft. Strange operation for a non-operational prototype a/c to undertake. Mossie PIs operated with No1 PRU out of Benson. In fact, W4051, the prototype P I, was used by No 1 PRU and had code LY-U on its fuselage.
Note please No1 PRU was a RAF unit. Further proof is that W4059, a P I, LY-T also flew with No 1PRU, RAF. Notice the serial number of LY-T. The photo shows
short nacelles. The first
combat mission was flown by SL R.Clarke in
W4055 17 Sept. 1941!!! By the end of Sept. '41 No 1 PRU had 5 PR I a/c all of which had
short nacelles. Note the serial number, which is one of the initial production a/c.
The 500lb needed its fins cropped to fit in the bomb bay, hense until this mod was done, the 250lb bombs were carried. Nothing to do with being a so-called 'FB VI series II' a/c.
The B IV Series II had the nacelles lengthened, plus a few other small changes, Again until short finned 500lb bombs became available the B IV was restricted to carrying 250lb bombs. Sweet bugger all to do with being a Series I/II. Series I a/c had serial numbers W4064-W4072.
Now Karnak, if you get the operational use of the short nacelle P Is wrong, you don't know if it was 1/3 or 1/2 the production of Mosuitos for the FB VI, what else have you got wrong.
So for Series I and II FB VI, lets see some 'official' proof.
The Mossie PR 34 had a range of ~5400km, so that means the P-38 had only a range of ~1100km.
More of Karnak's mis-information for the P-38J could reach ~3500km.
