Mossie speed

[Al Schlageter]

Originally Posted by Xiola

It has often been suggested that a huge fleet of Mosquitos would have been a far better proposition than the hundreds of Lancasters bombing every night, but thats another debate.

Better would be replacing the B-17s and B-24s. The Lancaster, and Halifax, were still needed for their heavy lift capacity. Replacing the B-24 in bomber units would have freed up them for anti-sub service.