Mosquito FB Mk VI

Mosquito FB Mk VI

Family
de Havilland Mosquito
Class
Heavy fighter
Changes
Fighter-bomber, first flown on 1 June 1942: Merlin 21 or 23 (1,460 hp) or Merlin 25 (1,635 hp), four cannon and four Brownings, a 250 or 500 lb bomb under each wing and two more in the bay, or up to eight RP-3. The most numerous version: en 2,298 or 2,292, ru 2,289.
Crew
2
Engines
2

Armament

WeaponCountPosition
Hispano Mk II4Fuselage
Browning .303 Mk II4Fuselage

Loadouts

NameChangesArmament
4 × 500 lbOne bomb under each wing and two in the bay.500 lb GP bomb ×4
8 × RP-3—RP-3 ×8

Service

≈ Jun 1942 – May 1945
21 Mar 1945 – 21 Mar 1945