It depends on the engine. Which one do you want info on?

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I would have thought that a Whitley would be eminently doable.

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What was the wing area then?

304 sq feet. Wing loading 37 lb/sq ft.

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Span aint everything though. What was the wing area?

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Cranswick,

According to the 305 FTU (Errol) ORB, three Mossies were used by the unit, only one eventually going to the Soviet Union. The first, DZ349, was only with the unit for about a month during aug/sept 1943. Of the other two, HJ961 was used to train the ferry crew, while DK296 which arrived at Errol 12/8/43 sat about waiting to depart.

DK296 finally departed at 01.34 hrs DBST on 20/4/44, arriving at Moscow at 04.52 hrs GMT. The crew comprised Sen/Lt Polosouchin (pilot), and Lt Kekishev (navigator).

The primary role of 305 FTU was to prepare Russian crews for the ferrying of Albermarles to the Soviet Union, and once training was complete, to despatch them via the northern route over the Baltic. By the time of the Mosquito delivery flight, the Albermarle deliveries had ended, and once the Mossie left, the unit rapidly closed down.

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I think that this topic was also covered by Henshaw in a set of articles in Aeroplane Monthly at some point in the 1980s. If I remember correctly, the fault occured with Packard Merlins.

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Australian experience found that by increasing fin and rudder area by 15.5%, the problem was fixed. This information was made available to Bristol in late 1941 and the subsequent British built aircraft were so rectified.

Are you sure? I thought that only the Aussie Beauforts had the enlarged fin and rudder.

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The Airspeed AS.31 gets my vote. Thankfully, like most of the Luftwaffe jet projects, it never progressed beyond the drawing board.

http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/AIRSPEED%20AS31%20PAGE.htm

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