| A night fighter can be best defined as a
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| | effective for day and night fighting, day
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| fighter aircraft that - either by design
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| | and night bombing, anti-shipping attack,
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| or by adaptation - could fly at night or
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| | and photo reconnaissance. The bomber
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| when other aircraft were grounded due to
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| | version of the Mosquito could deliver the
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| poor visibility. To be able to fulfil
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| | same bomb-load to distant targets as the
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| its role, a typical night fighter would
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| | four-engined Boeing B-17.Mosquitos were
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| be a twin-engined aircraft with the nose
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| | also used as high-speed transports by
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| section crammed full of electronic
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| | British Overseas Airways Corporation
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| equipment, typically radar, direction
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| | (BOAC) to maintain communication with
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| finders to find the airbase at night, a
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| | neutral Sweden and bring back strategic
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| variety of communications equipment plus
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| | items such as ball-bearings. Passengers,
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| special lighting inside the cockpit.The
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| | if any, rode in the bomb bay. Because of
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| early night fighters were conversions of
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| | the glued-and-screwed wooden
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| either heavy fighters or light bombers.
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| | construction, early Mosquitoes were not
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| The Bristol Beaufighter was an early
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| | suited to the tropics where exposure to
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| example and the de Havilland Mosquito
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| | high humidity and rain caused the
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| came later on. A few types were later
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| | airframe to warp and the glue to
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| designed from the start for the role of
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| | dissolve.The Mosquito Nightfighter with a
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| night fighters, as in the P-61 Black
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| | crew of two was powered by two
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| Widow.The Luftwaffe also experimented
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| | Rolls-Royce Merlin XXI engines. With a
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| with single-engine planes in this role,
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| | wing span of 54ft and a length of 50ft,
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| which they referred to as Wilde Sau (wild
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| | it was capable of a maximum speed of
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| boar). In this case the fighters,
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| | 380mph with a ceiling 36,090 ft
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| typically Focke-Wulf Fw-190s, were
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| | (11,000m). Armed with four 20mm cannon,
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| equipped only with a direction finder and
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| | or four 7.7mm machine guns, it also had a
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| landing lights. Lacking radar they were
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| | rack for two long range fuel tanks, or
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| not that efficient in their role.One of
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| | two 500 lb bombs or eight rockets. The
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| the main functions of night fighters was
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| | Mosquito also carried out some famous
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| to act as Pathfinders. Entire squadrons
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| | operations, like the attack on the
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| of Mosquitos were assigned this task.
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| | Gestapo head quarters in The Hague. In
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| Pathfinders flew ahead of the heavy
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| | that raid a 5 story building was leveled
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| bombers such as Lancasters and Flying
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| | by 3 "waves" of 2 aircraft, using
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| Fortresses at low altitudes (this in the
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| | incendiaries and high explosives, and
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| dark of night) located the targets and
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| | destroying all records the Gestapo had
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| dropped flares and small incendiary bombs
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| | collected over the years on resistance
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| over the designated targets. These would
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| | fighters and their families, and hiding
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| light up the sky for miles around and
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| | addresses of Dutch Jews. Another famous
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| were readily visible to the bombers
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| | attack was the break out of more than 250
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| flying at high altitude.The de Havilland
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| | prisoners in the prison of Amiens,
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| Mosquito was a twin-engined aircraft of
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| | France. The first bombers destroyed the
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| plywood monocoque construction, designed
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| | guard houses, and following aircraft
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| originally as a fast, unarmed light
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| | breached the walls to enable the men
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| bomber. This concept was regarded as an
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| | inside to break free. This remarkable
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| aberration by the authorities, but the
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| | feat was put in progress because the
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| performance of the Mosquito silenced the
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| | French Resistance had mentioned the
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| critics. At night it operated pretty
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| | planned execution of numerous resistance
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| much with impunity over Germany to the
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| | fightersIt was fast, and it was small:
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| end of the war, because the Luftwaffe
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| | the recipe for a hard target. The
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| never had a night fighter fast enough to
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| | Mosquito bomber saw the lowest loss rate
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| intercept it.The Mosquito also served
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| | of all Allied bombers. It astounded the
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| with distinction as fighter-bomber and
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| | brass in its maiden flights (it was
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| reconnaissance aircraft. It was one of
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| | faster than the Spitfire Mark of the time
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| the finest aircraft of WWII, with
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| | by 20mph) and kept the enemy very busy
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| versatility only matched by the German
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| | indeed. For the enemy to get a Mosquito
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| Junkers Ju 88. The night fighter
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| | down in a dogfight they had to get lucky.
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| versions remained in production until
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| | They couldn't catch it in level flight
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| 1947. The amazingly adaptable design was
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| | and they couldn't climb higher.
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