Mossie speed

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

a) you can't ensure a sufficient number of bombers reaching the target due to survivability issues

There were bad nights when bomber losses got up toward 5%. If the remaining 95% had been on target, that would have been devastatingly effective.

The main problem was appallingly bad navigation. Dead reckoning just wasn't good enough at night, with the ground often obscured by clouds (bear in mind that there was no way to measure the windspeed in real time over enemy territory with the equipment available at that time).

The mossie has a crew of 2 as a glazed nosed bomber? The Lancaster had a crew of 7, and a bomb load of 14,000lb. To carry the same load in Mosquitos would require 3+1/2 planes, with 7 crew.