To continue with ALT Hornet. Obvoius variants will include fighter bomber (can use 1-stage Merlins and still do 400 mph clean), with fuselage rack for torpedo or a bigger bomb, LR fighter, night fighter & LR recon (leaves more Mosquitoes as for bombing versions), Sea Hornet. Versions with uprated Merlins (63, 66, 70s) for a bit improved speed, say 430 mph from mid-1943 on.
I think we need to get a Sea Mosquito, or Hornet, ASAP, well before the first carrier landing in March 44.
Perhaps sub-contracting the work to Fairey, also to help get around the RR Griffon issues, which was originally an FAA request, and to enable skipping the Barracuda altogether.
Since there actually was a Sea Mosquito
TR Mk 33 &
TR Mk 37 with folding wings and arrestor hook, its perfectly possible. And since a Mosquito's overall dimensions are no greater than a Grumman Avenger, hard to believe but true, it's a viable alternative. And a better choice being faster, longer ranged, and more heavily armed. That most Mosquito Marks are faster than an F-6F may upset some posters?
It could also replace the entire Fulmar and Firefly line, again outperforming them, and would be a salve to the 2-seat Naval Fighter fetish.
(The Sea Hornet NF 21 carried an observer)
The Sea Mossie was originally derived from the FB Mk IV, which was capable of dogfighting with FW-190's, but there is no reason why that has to be the only variant. A version dropping a 4000lb bomb on
Tirpitz is probably implausible, could Fairey-Youngman Flaps be fitted to a Mosquito?
And in the absence of such what sort of angle could a Mossie achieve Glide-Bombing.