Group: soc.history.war.world-war-ii
From: "Tero P. Mustalahti"
Date: Monday, March 03, 2008 5:20 AM
Subject: Re: Luftwaffe copies of Japanese planes

Branek wrote:

> 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.

Fighter-bomber Mosquitos? Nope. Some late night fighters variants
possibly. You have to realize that successful interception usually
requires noticeably higher speeds than than the target is capable of.


Tero P. Mustalahti