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  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Naples, FL
Posted by tempestjohnny on Monday, March 31, 2014 6:49 AM

There is a YouTube video. Kermit Weeks has s bulged door mosquito in his collection

 

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    October 2013
Mosquito carrying special bomb
Posted by Pampa14 on Monday, March 31, 2014 4:07 AM

In April 1943 de Havilland suggested the carrying of one 1,814 kg (4,000 lb) bomb, so-called "Cookie", a thin-cased, cylindrical high-explosive bomb with devastating blast effect, by the Mosquito. A number of B.Mk.IVs were converted to carry this weapon, which made necessary bulged bomb bay doors. In this configuration the Mosquito's all-up weight was 11,340kg. On February 23, 1944 the first three "Cookies" dropped by Mosquitos fell on Düsseldorf. The following link illustrates, through pictures, the text above:

http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/02/mosquitos-e-as-bombas-de-4000-libras.html

 

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