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Originally Posted by Al Schlageter
the B-28 as very heavy bombers. .
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I am unfamiliar with this type. Do you mean B29?
On the same track a Mosquito would typically carry less than its maximum bomb load.
Mosquito carrying a single 4000lb bomb would be great in a tactical role, lets say taking out a Bridge, but if we were going for an stategic area target, like an industrial complex, B17's with 12x500 (or greater) would be much more appropriate.
The milliary planners in WWII weren't idiots. If a weapon system didn't live up to it's requirements it was dumped at the first opportunity.
The reason we didn't see great fleets of Mosquitos doing the job of planes like the B17 was that it couldn't do the job required as efficiently.