DeHavilland Mosquito - stick or yoke?

[andyw248]

From pictures I see different variations: sticks shared by the pilot and the co-pilot (like in a modern-day Robinson helicopter) and regular yokes. What kind of controls did Mosquitoes have?

[9./JG27golani79]

I´d guess that there were different versions - didn´t they have fighter / bomber versions and depending on the type stick or yoke?

 

edit:

Yeah, found an article:

 

There were three basic branches on the Mosquito tree: bombers, fighters and photoreconnaissance types. Each had many variants, such as radar-equipped night fighters and bombers modified to carry 2-ton blockbusters. The bombers and photo planes were unarmed, while most of the fighters carried four .303 machine guns in the nose and four 20mm cannons under the cockpit floor, their receivers and ammunition-feed mechanisms extending back into the bomb bay. Fighter Command insisted that its Mosquitos be equipped with sticks rather than bomber yokes, despite the fact that pilots swore the yokes made the aircraft more maneuverable. The fighters are also easily recognizable by their flat windscreens, suitable for gunsights, rather than the bombers’ more aerodynamic vee screens.

 

http://www.historynet.com/the-miraculous-mosquito.htm

Edited January 30, 2016 by 9./JG27golani79