DH Mosquito development

[seagull61785]

Does anyone in Wix-land know if the Mosquito was ever re-engined with RR Griffons, or had its armament upgraded by replacing the .303 Browning MG's with 50 calibres? (Obviously retaining the 20mm Hispano's).

Or was the RR Merlin/.303 Browning status quo considered to be sufficiently effective to see out the war.

Just curious.

[FuryFB11]

I don't think any Mosquito's were ever built or re-engined with Griffon's though I remember reading that De Havilland were looking into a Napier Sabre engined variant though DH were told that the Sabre engines would unlikely be available so the idea was dropped.

[marine air]

It would be interesting to know what the American operated Mosquitos had for guns.

[FuryFB11]

I think the USAAF only flew them in the Photo Reconnaissance role so they were unarmed.

[seagull61785]

I don't think any Mosquito's were ever built or re-engined with Griffon's though I remember reading that De Havilland were looking into a Napier Sabre engined variant though DH were told that the Sabre engines would unlikely be available so the idea was dropped.

Now that would have looked like one bad-ass flying machine. The sound would have been awesome - two Sabres flying in close formation!