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Yeah..nah. Same engines maybe. But the aircraft also had a tail hook and the necessary extra structural strengthening to absorb the loads on the rear fuselage, plus folding wings (=extra weight) and four bladed props. Also this references a particular loading (1a) that pulls the CoG to 17.7ins aft of datum; without further information we cannot understand whether this loading is a representational operational payload bracket (likely but not explicit) or a purely testing loading to establish max/min limits for the CoG. We cannot then reference this against operational FB.VI loadings to see if there are any correlations. As such, this Sea Mosquito information, as interesting as it is, is a red herring when referenced against an FB.VI.

Go find your own videos! I'm not your bloody lackey!

Check real cockpit footage of other warbirds and see which suffer the same tachometer oscillation.

This issue was reported by the ED team on release:

No. The dedicated bomber variants could mount 4x 500lb bombs with the short tail fins in their bomb bays but with the Hispano breeches occupying the first half of the bomb bay on the fighter-bomber variants they could only ever carry two.

Entitlement much?

When you know not what you talk about, it's best to say nothing at all.

Agreed. If Ducellier's analysis of the bomb drops is correct then many clearly landed further than anyone had anticipated but as ever it's far easier in hindsight to point out inaccurate decision making than before the event. It does look like the planners had overestimated the robustness of the outer wall and that even the MC bombs that weren't supposed to punch through did so; further more, it would appear that the 2 and 3 men were releasing when they saw their leaders bombs release but the sheer limitations of human reaction means these would have necessarily been pickled fractionally after. Combine this with a moments electrical/mechanical delay for actuators on the bomb release mechanisms to operate and the immediate pull up to avoid the colliding with the Prison it's not surprising some went long or lofted. Add to this the hard frozen ground and suddenly the ability for bombs to go careening wildly from their intended target increases massively. It bears repeating that nothing of this nature had evet been attempted before; there was therefore a multitude of variables that could not be accounted for. Given this, it's astounding what 140 Wing were able to achieve especially given the generally imprecise nature of aerial bombing of that era. That is certainly up for debate and really depends on who's evidence (or lack thereof) you believe; the trouble is there is so little ability to corroborate any of the statements or accounts. According to Robert Lyman, Jack Fishman had accrued a wealth of apparently legitimate evidence to support his account of the raid - Fishman's book And the Walls Came Tumbling Down was written in a narrative novel style, which given his journalist career is understandable but it does make the authenticity of the account suffer and some of what he writes about the Mosquitos is such monumental claptrap it calls into question the veracity the rest of his story. Lyman seems to find authenticity in the Fishman sources and has taken them at face value in creating his account. Ducellier is good at pointing out inconsistencies, inaccuracies and holes in the story but fails to find conclusive evidence to prove any of his theories; there is certainly cause to question the conventional narrative in some regards but I find his ultimate conclusions unconvincing to say the least. With so many of the original Resistance sources now gone and memories fading or even misremembered it is always going to be near impossible to verify the sources we do have; then contextualise all that evidence and place it in the environment of cellular secrecy that surrounds clandestine operations in France and the fact that so many SIS and SOE files were deliberately destroyed after the war and you're on a hiding to nothing to disprove either argument. Personally, I suspect that there were more Resistance operatives in Amiens than Ducellier accounts for, some having been arrested for crimes other than Resistance activities; I suspect that Dominique Ponchardier may have inadvertently or deliberately over-egged the pudding when announcing that there were to be executions made on the 19th of February 1944 in order to expedite the raid for reasons known only to him or those feeding him information and that some ass covering occurred thereafter to justify the effort. But this like many other theories will I suspect go unsubstantiated for a long while to come.

Think you mean the opposite graf mate, otherwise you'd be definitely making donuts!

Indeed. F/L J. B. Lawrence of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 6th October, 1944: F/O W. H. Whittaker of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 6th October 1944: F/L A. R. Speare of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 6th October, 1944: F/O Harry Walmsley of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 8 December, 1944: F/Sgt. G. W. Hudson of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 8 December 1944: F/O K. M. Lowe (AUS) of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 8 December 1944: P/O F. C. Riley (AUS) of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 8 December 1944: F/Lt D. Sherk of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 25th December 1944: F/L F.A.O. Gaze of 610 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 1 January, 1945: F/Lt L. J. Packwood of 2 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 1 January, 1945: S/L D. I. Benham of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 23 January, 1945: F/O Hegarty of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 23 January, 1945: F/Lt J. R. MacElwain of 2 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 10 February 1945: F/Sgt Moyle of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 14 February, 1945: W/O I. T. Stevenson of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 14 February, 1945: F/Lt J. Lavigne of 350 (Belgian) Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 21 February, 1945: F/O A. Van Wersch of 350 (Belgian) Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 21 February, 1945: P/O Louis Lambrechts of 350 (Belgian) Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 21 February, 1945: F/Lt. D. J. Reid of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 25th February 1945: W/Cdr. George Keefer flying with 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 2 March, 1945: F/Sgt Clay of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 2 March, 1945: P/O Louis Lambrechts of 350 (Belgian) Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 2 March, 1945: F/Lt Hoornaert of 350 (Belgian) Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 2 March, 1945: F/Sgt Jacques Groensteen of 350 (Belgian) Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 2 March, 1945: F/Lt. H. Walmsley of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 13 March, 1945: F/Sgt Clay of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 13 March, 1945: F/Lt I. R. Ponsford of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 13 March, 1945: S/Ldr F. Woolley of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 13 March, 1945: F/O G. Lord of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 19 March 1945: F/Sgt G. Hudson of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 19 March, 1945: W/Cdr George Keefer of 125 Wing and leading 130 Squadron this day recorded in his Combat Report for 19 March, 1945: Lt. Helmut Beckmann of 3./JG 27 described the combat with 130 Squadron on 19 March 1945: F/Lt H. Walmsley D.F.C. of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 28 March, 1945: F/Lt P. E. Sibeth of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 28 March, 1945: F/Sgt P. H. T. Clay of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 28 March, 1945: Sgt G. D. Warren of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 28 March, 1945: W/O J. A. Boulton of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 28 March, 1945: F/Sgt B. W. Woodman of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 28 March, 1945: F/L H. Cowan of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 30 March, 1945: F/O R. W. Lawson of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 31 March, 1945: F/L B. E. Innes of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 31 March, 1945: F/O A. G. Ratcliffe of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 5 April, 1945: F/L W. F. Peck of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 5 April, 1945: F/L H. Cowan of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 5 April, 1945: F/O Robert Muls of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 5 April, 1945: F/Sgt Neulinger of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 5 April, 1945: F/L Warren M. Middleton of 430 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 15 April, 1945: S/Ldr J. B. Sheperd of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 16 April, 1945: F/Lt. Wilkinson of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 16 April, 1945: F/Sgt A. Kicq of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 17 April, 1945: 130 Squadron attacked Me 109s at Parchim Airfield on 18 April, 1945 F/Lt I. R. Ponsford of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 19 April, 1945: F/O H. C. Dutton of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 19 April, 1945: S/L J. B. Shepherd, D.F.C. of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 20 April, 1945: F/Lt. Wilkinson of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 20 April, 1945: W/O I. T. Stevenson of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 20 April, 1945: P/O P. J. Coleman of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 20 April, 1945: P/O Watkins of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 20 April, 1945: F/O Doncq of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 20 April, 1945: F/Lt Howarth of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 20 April, 1945: F/Sgt Kicq of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 20 April, 1945: F/Lt H. Walmsley D.F.C. of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 20 April, 1945: F/Lt I. R. Ponsford of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 20 April, 1945: F/Lt C. J. Samouelle of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 20 April, 1945: W/Cmdr George Keefer D.S.O. D.F.C. flying with 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 20 April, 1945: F/L R. J. Taggart of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 20 April, 1945: F/O T.B. Lee of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 20 April, 1945: F/L E. R. Burrows of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 21 April, 1945: F/Lt C. J. Samouelle of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 24 April, 1945: F/Sgt B. W. Woodman of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 24 April, 1945: F/Lt Bruce of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 24 April, 1945: W/O R. E. Coverdale of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 24 April, 1945: F/Lt W. N. Stowe of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 24 April, 1945: P/O Edwards of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 25 April, 1945: F/Lt I. R. Ponsford of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 25 April, 1945 P/O E. Pauwels of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 25 April, 1945: S/L H. Walmsley of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 25 April, 1945: W/Cdr. George Keefer of 125 Wing recorded in his Combat Report for 25 April, 1945: F/Sgt Gigot of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 26 April, 1945: F/Lt. Wilkinson of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 28 April 1945: S/Ldr Shepherd of 41 Squadron got lucky, encountering a by then rare ME 109 late in the war, recording in his Combat Report for 30 April, 1945: F/L F.A.O. Gaze of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 30 April, 1945: S/Ldr F. G. Wooley of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 30 April, 1945: F/Lt I. R. Ponsford of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 30 April, 1945: F/Lt I. R. Ponsford & P/O Edwards of 130 Squadron shared a kill recording in their Combat Report for 30 April, 1945: F/Lt I. R. Ponsford & P/O Edwards of 130 Squadron shared another recording in their Combat Report for 30 April, 1945: F/Lt W. N. Stowe of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 30 April, 1945: F/O Lord of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 30 April, 1945: P/O D. J. Watkins of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 30 April 1945: F/Sgt G. Gigot of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 30 April 1945: F/Lt. P. M. Bangerter of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 30 April 1945: F/L D. R. Drummond of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 30 April, 1945: F/L S. M. Knight of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 30 April, 1945: F/L F. E. Hanton of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 30 April, 1945: F/O Lord of 130 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 1 May 1945: S/L J. B. Shepherd, D.F.C. of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 1st May 1945: F/O G. Gray of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 1 May 1945: P/O P. J. Coleman of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 1 May 1945: F/Lt. P. Cowell of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 1 May 1945: W/O I. T. Stevenson 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 1 May 1945: F/Lt R. Muls of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 1 May 1945: F/Sgt H. Boels of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 1 May 1945: F/O P. Leva of 350 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 1 May 1945: S/L J. B. Prendergast of 414 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 2 May 1945: F/L D.I. Hall, DFC of 414 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 2 May 1945: Jet Kills F/L F.A.O. Gaze of 610 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 14 February, 1945: F/L F.A.O. Gaze, having transferred to 41 squadron, recorded in his Combat Report for 12 April, 1945: F/Lt. D. J. Reid of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 2 March, 1945: 350 Squadron filed a joint Combat Report for 2 May, 1945: F/O Howard C. Nicholson of 402 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 13 March, 1945: 130 Squadron filed a joint Combat Report for 25 April, 1945: F/Lt. Cowell of 41 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 25 April, 1945: This argument that the Spitfire XIV didn't see combat or was somehow irrelevant to the air war in the ETO is revisionist Wehraboo horse manure.

Errr... there is one. Got the WW2 Asset Pack?

Just a shame that they've used a USAF Font. Some days being a graphic designer is a curse...

In the FB.VI he was a Navigator.

Not Wilhelm Mayer's but is of 7th Staffel and the note about the the brown staffel marking colour is an interesting reference: https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Fw-190A/JG26/pages/Focke-Wulf-Fw-190A7-6.JG26-Brown-4-Waldemar-Radener-Coesfeld-Stevede-May-4-1944-0A.html Bear in mind that the A-8 didn't enter service till April, so A-6/A-7 is the more likely variant he was flying...

Wind your neck in Romeo - truth is you have ZERO experience in developing a DCS module of any kind so your judgement is frankly immaterial. If you've been around the WW2 community long enough you'll know that even with the Allied aircraft there can be holes in the evidential/data set (P-47 wind tunnel data anyone?); with regards to those for Luftwaffe types some of those gaps are even bigger, particularly as there seems to be a lottery as to what was and wasn't committed to ashes by the Nazis from the Luftwaffe records as the Allied forces closed in. Sometimes we got lucky and found gems, at other times we can only guess or have hearsay and anecdotal reports on a particular detail. Ultimately, if you want to see the Me 262 completed why don't you go to the German Military Archives, spend hours and hours reaming through reports to see which one's might be relevant and then pay out of your personal funds to get electronic copies made on the off chance it might help....?

For Spitfires and Hurricanes being scrambled to intercept bomber raids during the Battle of Britain, absolutely. Otherwise, no.

@xvii-Dietrich All of what you say I agree with. Indeed I've been using similar arguments when discussing the viability of DCS: WW2 Night Fighting with others. However, one of my arguments was that I did not believe there was sufficient demand for such a module in the community to make this viable commercially; but this was based on the generally cool customer reception to similar additions to Il-2: 1946 many years ago. Had things changed? Ergo, I created this straw poll just to see if my prediction was still relevant, and if there was a market for such a thing.

If ED ventured into simulating the night fighting arena in DCS with, for example a NF variant mosquito, a Nachtjagdwaffe fighter, with perhaps one or two German and Allied night heavy bomber AI Assets and leveraged their GCI technology to provide the basics of a plausible WW2 night fighting environment for DCS: World, would you invest?

There's so much chronological inconsistency here it hurts. He-111 was relegated to training, transport and night V-1 air-launcher by 1944. HE-100??? Daylight formation raids over the UK by the Luftwaffe mediums after 1941...? If stuff is going to be developed at least keep it relevant to what we have. If you wanna recreate the Battle of Britain there's other simulations out there that have done it more convincingly than DCS can at the moment. (Until DCS: Battle of Britain is announced...) If you want to get some Luftwaffe bombers in, then okay, Ju 188, Do 217 and an He 177 could just about be argued, but even these were used almost exclusively at night... And while Night-fighting would be fascinating for me and others round here (yeah, I get it - Mosquito NF XII or XIII for me please!) I strongly suspect a larger swathe of the community wouldn't and that renders it commercially unviable. DCS has a watchword for technical authenticity, and we're just starting to see some of that ethos creep into the historical environment when we get these demands from the community for spurious types to flesh out ahistorical scenarios. I'd really it rather not spend development time get distracted by flights of fancy from school-boy imaginings of WW2 air combat. I can get that from War Thunder. I expect more from DCS. You wanna shoot down bombers in Spitfire IXs? Try intercepting dawn or dusk Ju 88 torpedo bomber attacks on Allied shipping off the D-Day beaches on the Normandy map. Wanna do night ops in a Mosquito FB VI? Then mimic the intruder ops performed by this very version - and WITHOUT radar - in 1943-1944 by tooling around Luftwaffe airbases as Ju-88s attempt to take-off for and land from their night raids over the UK.

It’s an interesting and seemingly reasonable hypothesis I grant you, but there’s a lot of supposition and extrapolation to get from the limited evidence presented to the conclusion. Personally, I’d like to see some more sources that confirm or corroborate before this is made a reality in DCS. However, this is a good starting point to an investigation to see if the hypothesis can be proved… or otherwise.

Fluffy Dice and a novelty gear knob.

Lol! Fair enough!

Here's the issue. If you're going to play in SAM MEZs (a bad idea in any aircraft) you need to be flying around trees rather than over.