de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito vs Lockheed P-38 Lightning Comparison

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Direct side-by-side comparison of two aircraft.

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Subjects

de Havilland Mosquito NF.Mk 30
Multirole Heavy Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

Lockheed P-38J
Single-Seat, Twin-Engine Heavy Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

Basics

ORIGIN
United Kingdom

ORIGIN
United States

YEAR
1942 [Diff.+3 yrs]

YEAR
1939 [Diff.-3 yrs]

CREW
2

CREW
1

PRODUCTION
7,781 units [Diff.-2,142]

PRODUCTION
9,923 units [Diff.+2,142]

Dimensions

LENGTH
44.5 ft (13.6 m) [Diff.+6.7 ft]

LENGTH
37.8 ft (11.5 m) [Diff.-6.7 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
54.1 ft (16.5 m) [Diff.+2.1 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
52.0 ft (15.9 m) [Diff.-2.1 ft]

HEIGHT
12.5 ft (3.8 m) [Diff.+2.7 ft]

HEIGHT
9.8 ft (3.0 m) [Diff.-2.7 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.

de Havilland Mosquito NF.Mk 30

Lockheed P-38J

Weights

EMPTY WT.
13,417 lb (6,086 kg) [Diff.+617 lb]

EMPTY WT.
12,800 lb (5,806 kg) [Diff.-617 lb]

M.T.O.W.
21,627 lb (9,810 kg) [Diff.+26 lb]

M.T.O.W.
21,601 lb (9,798 kg) [Diff.-26 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 Allison V-1710-111 water-cooled inline piston engines developing 1,425 horsepower driving three-bladed propeller units.

Performance

SPEED
407 mph (655 kph) [Diff.-7 mph]

SPEED
414 mph (666 kph) [Diff.+7 mph]

RANGE
1,299 miles (2,091 km) [Diff.-938 miles]

RANGE
2,237 miles (3,600 km) [Diff.+938 miles]

CEILING
38,025 ft (11,590 m) [Diff.-5,938 feet]

CEILING
43,963 ft (13,400 m) [Diff.+5,938 feet]

RATE-OF-CLIMB
2,850 ft/min [Diff.+350 feet]

RATE-OF-CLIMB
2,500 ft/min [Diff.-350 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

STANDARD:
1 x 20mm Automatic cannon in the nose assembly.
4 x 0.50 caliber Browning Heavy Machine Guns in nose assembly.

OPTIONAL:
10 x 5" high-explosive aerial rockets.
2 x Fuel Drop Tanks.
2 x 500lb Conventional Drop Bombs.

Up to 4,000lb (908kg) of underwing stores.

Going Further

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