De Havilland Mosquito & gun camera film

[sevenless]

I want this:

 

 

[kendo]

Me too!

[-TBC-AeroAce]

I love this vid but I do think it is propaganda! I have not seen this setup as a production item? Yes one or two may have been made and one was lucky. Does anyone have any numbers on the production of this mark?

Edited January 20, 2019 by AeroAce

[rowdyb00t]

That would be a sweet plane to fly. We definitely need this. ??

[sevenless]

1 hour ago, AeroAce said:

I love this vid but I do think it is propaganda! I have not seen this setup as a production item? Yes one or two may have been made and one was lucky. Does anyone have any numbers on the production of this mark?

 

Nope no Propaganda.

 

http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_mosquito_XVIII.html

 

The first unit to use the Mk XVIII was No. 248 Squadron, which added it to their Beaufighters. Operations began on 24 October 1943. The first U-boat kill came on 25 March 1944, when U-976 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by two Mk XVIIIs. 

 

The Mk XVIII was also used by Nos. 235 and 254 squadrons, and saw action against surface ships in the build-up to D-Day. However, the heavy cannon was generally felt to be less effective than normal rockets, which could be carried by the standard FB Mk VI. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito

 

Another fighter-bomber variant was the Mosquito FB Mk XVIII (sometimes known as the Tsetse) of which one was converted from a FB Mk VI to serve as prototype and 17 were purpose-built. The Mk XVIII was armed with a Molins "6-pounder Class M" cannon: this was a modified QF 6-pounder (57 mm) anti-tank gun fitted with an auto-loader to allow both semi- or fully automatic fire.[nb 23] 25 rounds were carried, with the entire installation weighing 1,580 lb (720 kg).[139] In addition, 900 lb (410 kg) of armour was added within the engine cowlings, around the nose and under the cockpit floor to protect the engines and crew from heavily armed U-boats, the intended primary target of the Mk XVIII.[176] Two or four .303 (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns were retained in the nose and were used to "sight" the main weapon onto the target.[139] 

 

 

[Feathered_IV]

Need a whole new map for that one.  

[Juri_JS]

In Il-2 1946 I had build a dynamic anti-shipping campaign for the Beaufighters and Mosquitos of the Dallachy and Banff Strike Wings on the games Norway map. That was a lot of fun. I am sure a Norway map would look absolutely gorgeous in Il-2 Great Battles.

 

The missions flown by rocket and cannon armed Mosquitos along the coast of Norway in 1944/1945 were indeed quite successful, despite some fierce clashes with Bf-109s and Fw-190s from Jagdgeschwader 5.

[Dakpilot]

As a child I grew up watching 633 Squadron (my Godfather was producer) private showings on a big screen were a treat on every visit! 

Needless to say I played that campaign/map a lot (also a scripted campaign) in old IL-2 many years later. ..it was great, and very atmospheric especially with mod map, I never imagined as a child technology would exist to "relive" those feelings from the cockpit. The same type of missions in updated BoX engine, I believe would work very well. 

 

Cheers, Dakpilot 

[ShamrockOneFive]

I remember watching this video as a kid (pretty sure it was recorded on VHS). The images of the Mosquitos attacking ships in the fjords is just incredible.

[w00dy]

I took this picture at RAF Cosford, it was parked next to the mosquito and said it was used in it.

 

Edited January 21, 2019 by w00dy

[sevenless]

16 hours ago, Dakpilot said:

As a child I grew up watching 633 Squadron (my Godfather was producer) private showings on a big screen were a treat on every visit! 

Needless to say I played that campaign/map a lot (also a scripted campaign) in old IL-2 many years later. ..it was great, and very atmospheric especially with mod map, I never imagined as a child technology would exist to "relive" those feelings from the cockpit. The same type of missions in updated BoX engine, I believe would work very well. 

 

Cheers, Dakpilot 

 

Great film. I watch it every now and then. IIRC even George Lucas took some Inspiration from it for his death star attack sequence.

[The-Doctor]

very sad that i won't see this awesome plane hammering german sites in il-2 BOS  by 2020 .