Mossie speed

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Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

The Mosquito was a fantastic plane - BUT - only in the role it was intended for.

Thats not true. It excelled in allot of different roles. It was only initially intended as a fast bomber but in fact was an outstanding plane in a number of different roles it was never intended for use in. It was probably the most versatile aircraft of WW2.

It did everything by night or by day from ground attack to high level bombing to anti shipping to being a night fighter (and a number of other roles). It even passed its carrier trials. The only thing it couldn't excel at was being a dive bomber, pure fighter or interceptor (unless you count V1's) but it pretty much covered every other role imaginable and better than most designs intended for those roles.

It was probably the first true multirole combat aircraft that could operate by night or by day.