re: Mossie vs Beau:
Obviously there is crossover between the two, however consider this:
What if the Mosquito, by your argument the same as the Beaufighter, were used as a stand in for the Beaufighter in a 1941 scenario. Tell me, what do the Germans do about said Mosquitos? You are talking about an attack aircraft that does 357mph on the deck in AH, 40mph more than the Beaufighter does at best altitude. Clearly the mid-1943 Mosquito has no place in a 1941 setup, the Germans couldn't do anything about it.
Though there are large crossovers in the roles and tasks assigned to the Mosquito and Beaufighter, there are significant differences. The Mosquito was the successor to the Beaufighter in many ways, but it never fully replaced it. As durable as the Mosquito was, it does not have the reputation for toughness the Beaufighter had. Obviously the performance of the Mosquito is far, far superior to the Beaufighter's as can be expected from an aircraft a generation more modern. In addition, the Beaufighter served the entire war, in all theaters other than the East Front and had none of the structural problems the Mosquito had in the CBI and Pacific Theaters.
The Mosquito and Beaufighter compliment each other in much the same way the Spitfire and Hurricane do.
I agree the Beufighter is slower but a slower aircraft tends to turn tighter but all said when some of the Squadrons converted from the Beufighter to the Mossi and after a few operation's some squadron's commented that why didn't they just take the Merlin Engine's from the Mossi and Put them on the Beufighter???? But hey they where pilot's. But also looking at it from a simple point of view. The problem was Malta !!!!! You may find that when Squadrons in the UK converted to the Mossi Most of the Beufighter's in the UK where converted to Torpedo version's and all re-serviced and Shipped out to Malta to Replace the Battered and Bruised Beufighter's in Malta. And most where shipped out to Australia and India To combat the Japanese.
I believe this was the probable thinking of the Senior RAF comander's at the time as they Probably knew that there was a chance of the glue on the Mossi Melting in the warmer climate's. Witch i do believe that year's ago in history lessons i did read of that happening in a book of the Mossi's History.
HuH people can check it out if they like.
But i say The new plane is either an Se-a5 WW1 or the Beufighter or He-111 Or The Donnier ( early Battle of Britain Model )
