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Old 22-03-08, 02:46
Grant Bowker Grant Bowker is offline
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Default Tail wheel ID

The tail wheel is not/not from a Mosquito unless my reference sources are wrong.
Tires of this profile were usually tail wheels, usually mid to large sized aircraft (up to Lancaster size). Most British single seat fighters seem to have had tires of round section rather than the twin rib type, but some American single seaters used tires shaped like these (e.g P51 and P47, but the structure attached is wrong for them). I don't recall having seen this profile on German aircraft but.....
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