Earlier this year, for a What-if GB elsewhere, I built the De Havilland Dagenham B.1., essentially a
heavy bomber developed from the Mosquito and effectively a Twin Mossie.
Well the concept stood up so well that when a "What-if 2" GB came up somewhere else again(!), I developed the
twin-Mosquito theme to create a heavy long-range fighter/ground attack machine, specifically
developed for the Invasion of Japan . . .(After the American Manhattan Project failed to
produce a viable weapon, you understand).
The scenario in Europe has some former German States seceding from the Reich as Germany
collapses in 1947,and then surrendering to the Western Allies. The first of these was the former Grand Duchy of Baden which recalled all its service personnel from the German Armed Forces and
changed sides! After a short period of "De-Nazification", Baden's armed forces took their place in the
Allied order of battle, in time for the great Tank Battles of 1947 in Northern Germany.
Among them was Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob, formerly of EJG2 and a experienced jet pilot, who
took command of SchlachtGruppe 1 of the Badner Fliegertruppe, flying Bisquito F.3s
in combat against the massed formations of Nazi Maus tanks. In this role the Bisquito was so effective that the Badner crews nicknamed it the Katze (cat).
Here is Hans-Ekkehard Bob's aircraft . . .
The Bisquito's tech specs-
Heavy long-range fighter/ground attack aircraft
crew of three (pilot, navigator, weapons systems op.)
Powered by 2 Rolls-Royce Merlins tandem-mounted to drive conta-rotating propellors and
2 Rolls-Royce Rhein (JuMo 004) axial-flow turbojets.
In this role, armed with 8x20mm cannon, 2x57mm Molins guns, 10x60lb RPs, 2x250lb bombs
and a 30mm cannon in an underwing pod!
Hans-Ekkehard Bob went on after the war to found BOMAG, the drilling equipment and heavy
lifting firm. Today, at the age of 95, he is belived to be the world's oldest licensed pilot.
