Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunderbolt_Br
Hi all,
I saw in HardBall table that Mossie (in Il2) was only 3 Kph more fast than a FW-A4... tahts is correct? I ever read that Mk VI was superior in velocity over any axis plane at yout time...
In fact, in game I dont can run away from enemy fighters, unless emils or more olders one...
There is something that I can do to improve my speed flying mossies?
Thanks,
and forgivme for my English
|
The semi-mythical speed advantage of the Mosquito is one of those stories that is half fact half fiction.
Early Mosquitoes were actually a touch SLOWER than the BF109 and Fw190 day fighters however they bombed at high altitude meaning by the time the Germans got up there the Mosquito had already shot through and the 109/190s did not have a sufficient speed advantage to catch up.
At night the story was different as German night fighters like the Bf 110 or Junkers Ju 88 simply had no hope of keeping up. The Heinkel He 219 and Junkers Ju 388 may have caught a Mosquito but neither entered large scale serial production. The Mosquito simply wasn't a large enough threat to warrant fast night fighters being specifically built just to catch it.
By late war the newer 109's, the Dora and the 262's had a clear speed advantage over the Mosquito. Even then the PR Mk 32 photo reconnaissance version with long-span wings, special high-altitude superchargers and the elimination of as much weight as possible had a reasonable (but not guaranteed) chance of avoiding interception.
Be careful not to put too much credence in the "myths" that have arisen about WWII.