soc.history.war.world-war-ii

"Cubdriver" wrote in message
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>>I don't see why people rave about the Dinah, the Mosquito or even the
>>later
>>P-38 Lightnings were better in every way.
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> The Dinah's range was 4,000 km. The Mossie's range was 2400 km. The
> Lightning's range was 1770 km. (All figures from Wiki.)
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If you can't get away from intercepting fighters your superior range
becomes meaningless. No operational Dinah could exceed 400MPH
and it's service ceiling wasn't rarefied. Mosquitos could've easily
intercepted Dinahs and dispatched them.