Mossie speed

[BG-09]

German Ace Heinz Knocke said in his diary that "the speed of the Mosquito was astonishing", but flying with Bf-109 he was slowly shorting the distance between his fighter and the Mosquito and shot the British bomber down in to the sea. Only big oil spot remain from the Mosquito. Both planes were flying at maximum speed close to the sea surface. the British bomber was trying to escape.

~S

[Al Schlageter]

Originally Posted by BG-09

German Ace Heinz Knocke said in his diary that "the speed of the Mosquito was astonishing", but flying with Bf-109 he was slowly shorting the distance between his fighter and the Mosquito and shot the British bomber down in to the sea. Only big oil spot remain from the Mosquito. Both planes were flying at maximum speed close to the sea surface. the British bomber was trying to escape.~S

If this is the event I think you are referring to, it is questioned that it was a Mossie.

On the He219, be careful when one reads a top speed of 416mph. This was a striped down a/c that would have been almost useless as a night fighter. There was no radar antenna, the exhaust shrouds were removed as was some of the armament. Max speed of the He219 was around 360mph(600kph).