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They had Merlin 45M with a cropped (the cropped bit )supercharger and a higher boost/octane fuel an to give them more power at lower altitudes so they could be used in the 2nd TAF. The lack of wing tips was to give a better roll rate at lower altitudes (clipped). It was very much the pilots choice in 1941 but by 1944 it was scraping the barrel. Although they were just as good performers as the Spit IX at very low altitude where the 2nd TAF operated most of its aircraft. They only had 60 round drums for the Hispano MkII though. |
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You are of course right in all this and I said this was not the pilots choice because of differents sets of RAF pilots memories from 1943 to 1945 that I have read. |
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The germans were so annoyed by it they started to design a plane to specifically catch the mossie because no other planes could - the Heinkel HE 219. Mossie=best plane of WW2 becasue of its speed and versitility |
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Not that I want to detract from its WWII record, and its huge versatility and success in the fighter-bomber, bomber, night fighter and shipping strike roles, but against a faster single engined fighter the Mosquito just can't cut it. |
That's why you need a Yak-3! :D Maybe a Yak-9 to deal with the higher altitude fighters (Me-109s).
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Better, but still 35mph slower and about 1000ft per min worse off in climb rate than a 109K.
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