Re: Mosquito Engine Failures
I've just been reading a most interesting memoir which throws a little more light on this subject ; 'Mosquito To Berlin' by 'Bertie' Boulter DFC ( Pen & Sword, 2007 ).
Boulter describes his training at RAF Warboys on a Mosquito T.3 and recounts that there could be no recovery procedures from an engine failure on take-off with a full fuel- and bomb-load. Apparently, at full power in such a situation the Mosquito would roll onto its back, even with full rudder and aileron input. Unofficially, the best thing to do was considered to be to cut the remaining engine and attempt a straight-ahead crash-landing. Boulter was aware of no-one having done this successfully.
'This had been tried, but there were seldom any survivors to ask the appropriate questions of...'
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