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de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito vs Bristol Beaufighter Comparison


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Subjects
de Havilland Mosquito NF.Mk 30
Multirole Heavy Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft
Bristol Beaufighter VIF
Twin-Engine Heavy Fighter / Night-Fighter Aircraft
Basics
ORIGIN
United Kingdom
ORIGIN
United Kingdom
YEAR
1942 [Diff.+2 yrs]
YEAR
1940 [Diff.-2 yrs]
CREW
2
CREW
2
PRODUCTION
7,781 units [Diff.+1,853]
PRODUCTION
5,928 units [Diff.-1,853]
Dimensions
LENGTH
44.5 ft (13.6 m) [Diff.+3.2 ft]
LENGTH
41.3 ft (12.6 m) [Diff.-3.2 ft]
WIDTH/SPAN
54.1 ft (16.5 m) [Diff.-3.8 ft]
WIDTH/SPAN
57.9 ft (17.7 m) [Diff.+3.8 ft]
HEIGHT
12.5 ft (3.8 m) [Diff.-3.4 ft]
HEIGHT
15.9 ft (4.8 m) [Diff.+3.4 ft]
Relative Size Comparison
Shapes below depict aircraft from wingtip-to-wingtip / nose-to-tail assuming aircraft are being viewed from overhead perspective (the nose pointing towards the top of the screen). Helicopter widths include main rotor diameter. If any dimensional values are "NA" in the database then the presented shapes may appear skewed.
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de Havilland Mosquito NF.Mk 30
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Bristol Beaufighter VIF
Weights
EMPTY WT.
13,417 lb (6,086 kg) [Diff.-1,202 lb]
EMPTY WT.
14,619 lb (6,631 kg) [Diff.+1,202 lb]
M.T.O.W.
21,627 lb (9,810 kg) [Diff.0 lb]
M.T.O.W.
21,627 lb (9,810 kg) [Diff.0 lb]
Installed Power
2 x Rolls-Royce Merlin 76 V-12 liquid-cooled inline piston engines developing 1,710 horsepower driving three-bladed propeller units.
2 x Bristol Hercules VI 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines developing 1,635 horsepower each driving three-bladed propeller units.
Performance
SPEED
407 mph (655 kph) [Diff.+74 mph]
SPEED
333 mph (536 kph) [Diff.-74 mph]
RANGE
1,299 miles (2,091 km) [Diff.-180 miles]
RANGE
1,479 miles (2,381 km) [Diff.+180 miles]
CEILING
38,025 ft (11,590 m) [Diff.+11,506 feet]
CEILING
26,519 ft (8,083 m) [Diff.-11,506 feet]
RATE-OF-CLIMB
2,850 ft/min [Diff.+927 feet]
RATE-OF-CLIMB
1,923 ft/min [Diff.-927 feet]
Armament
STANDARD:
4 x 7.7mm Browning machine guns in nose
4 x 20mm Hispano cannons mounted under the nose

OPTIONAL (Model Dependent):
Between 500lb and 4,000lb of internal stores in bomb bay (reconnaissance equipment, specialized mission equipment, leaflets, munitions, extra fuel, etc...).
1 x 57mm autocannon in nose (in place of 4 x cannons).
4 x 7.7mm Browning machine guns in underfuselage gunpack.
2 x 250lb / 500lb bombs underwing
8 x High-Explosive, Armor-Piercing rockets underwing.
1 x Torpedo externally held under the fuselage
MODEL DEPENDENT:

STANDARD:
4 x 20mm Hispano Mk II cannons under the nose
6 x 0.303 machine guns in wings

OPTIONAL:
2 x 250lb conventional drop bombs
1 x Mark 13 / British 18" torpedo under the fuselage
8 x RP-3 60lb rockets underwing
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