de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito vs North American B-25 Mitchell Comparison

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Subjects

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

North American B-25C Mitchell
Twin-Engine Medium Bomber Aircraft

Basics

ORIGIN
United Kingdom

ORIGIN
United States

YEAR
1942 [Diff.+1 yrs]

YEAR
1941 [Diff.-1 yrs]

CREW
2

CREW
5

PRODUCTION
7,781 units [Diff.-2,035]

PRODUCTION
9,816 units [Diff.+2,035]

Dimensions

LENGTH
44.5 ft (13.6 m) [Diff.-8.4 ft]

LENGTH
52.9 ft (16.1 m) [Diff.+8.4 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
54.1 ft (16.5 m) [Diff.-13.4 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
67.6 ft (20.6 m) [Diff.+13.4 ft]

HEIGHT
12.5 ft (3.8 m) [Diff.-3.2 ft]

HEIGHT
15.7 ft (4.8 m) [Diff.+3.2 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

North American B-25C Mitchell

Weights

EMPTY WT.
13,417 lb (6,086 kg) [Diff.-6,883 lb]

EMPTY WT.
20,300 lb (9,208 kg) [Diff.+6,883 lb]

M.T.O.W.
21,627 lb (9,810 kg) [Diff.-12,372 lb]

M.T.O.W.
34,000 lb (15,422 kg) [Diff.+12,372 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 Wright Cyclone R-2600-19 air-cooled piston engines developing 1,700 horsepower each driving three-bladed propeller units.

Performance

SPEED
407 mph (655 kph) [Diff.+135 mph]

SPEED
272 mph (438 kph) [Diff.-135 mph]

RANGE
1,299 miles (2,091 km) [Diff.-51 miles]

RANGE
1,350 miles (2,173 km) [Diff.+51 miles]

CEILING
38,025 ft (11,590 m) [Diff.+13,829 feet]

CEILING
24,196 ft (7,375 m) [Diff.-13,829 feet]

RATE-OF-CLIMB
2,850 ft/min [Diff.+1,184 feet]

RATE-OF-CLIMB
1,666 ft/min [Diff.-1,184 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-specific armament included:

8 x 12.7mm M2 Browning Heavy Machine Guns (HMGs) OR 1 x 75mm Automatic cannon in fixed, forward-firing mounting(s) in nose assembly.

2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in fixed, forward-firing gun pack at lower fuselage left.
2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in fixed, forward-firing gun pack at lower fuselage- right.
2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in dorsal turret (power-assisted in some models).
2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in ventral turret (power-assisted in some models).
1 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in left beam position.
1 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in right beam position.
2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in tail gun position (deleted in some models).

OPTIONAL:
1 x Torpedo carried under fuselage (model-specific).
8 x 250lb Conventional drop bombs carried on 8 x External hardpoints (model-specific).

Maximum internal bomb load of 3,000 lb (1,361 kg).

Going Further

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