Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.XVIII
Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.XVIII PZ467 Tse-Tse. Armed with a 57mm (6 pounder) Molins quick-firing gun, the first Mk.XVIII was flown on 25 August 1943. Twenty-seven were built seeing some action from 4 November 1943. At least one U-boat fell victim to the Tse-Tses cannon on 25 March 1944, but structural problems due to recoil limited their usefulness and lost favour with the advent of the RP-3 rockets (60-lb er)
Picture No
13130875
Media ID
47741423
Size
3977px x 3360px
(1.9MB)
Credit
(c) The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Original negative
Date
circa 1944
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57mm Advent Dh.98 Favour Flown Least Molins Mosquito Pounder Problems Quick-firing Recoil Rockets Seeing Structural U-boat Usefulness
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