Mosquito 57mm (6 Pounder) air to air kill ?

[alex crawford]

Hi,

There are a number of instances when Tse-tse pilots fired their 6pdr at enemy aircraft.

It has often been stated that Sqn Ldr Phillips shot down a Ju88 on 10th March 1944 during an attck on the Japanese Sub I-29, which had travelled from Japan to France. He is stated to have fired four shells at the Junkers and to have knocked out the port engine.

Maybe Chris Goss can supply further details of this.

The only known case of a Tse-tse shooting down an enemy aircraft occured on the 15th January 1945. Fly Off Peacock fired on a Fw 190A3 that was attacking another Mosquito. This Fw190 piloted by Uffz Oskar Helbing broke off the attack and crashlanded.

My book on the Mosquito Mk XVIII Tse-tse should be out later this year.

Alex