Comments by "Ray Purchase" (@raypurchase801) on "War Stories" channel.

  1. The Mosquito was a phenomenally effective night interdictor.
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  2. If you think the Mosquito was brilliant, look up the De Havilland Hornet.
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  3.  @lauriecroad3186  The Whirlwind was so NEARLY great.
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  4.  @richardbrislen9446  History has decided otherwise.
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  5. No. It's called the "stiff upper lip".
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  6.  @jeffpollard7304  I read a book which explained this in detail. Compared with the four-engined heavies, the Mosquito cost a third as much to build and suffered only a third the rate of loss. It would indeed have made sense to build fewer heavies and more Mossies, but hindsight gives us 20/20 vision. Fewer Lancs? No, fewer Stirlings and Halibags.
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  7. Trenchard.
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  8.  @MrDaiseymay  - everything else as well.
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  9.  @littlefluffybushbaby7256  "Halibag" was their nickname at that time. Like Mossie, Spit and Stringbag.
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  10.  @MrDaiseymay  The Mosquito carried the same bomb load as a B17.
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  11.  @neiloflongbeck5705  True. Some Mossies didn't carry bombs. They carried radar and lots of guns.
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  12.  @neiloflongbeck5705  OK
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